McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl has said there was no pre-warning for the 'sudden death' of Carlos Sainz's tyre at the British Grand Prix. The first of two race weekends at Silverstone was looking set to be an underwhelming opener, that was until the closing stages of the race when the Pirelli rubber decided to take care of the entertainment factor. Mercedes' Valtteri Bottas was the first to suffer with a tyre failure in the closing stages, whilst the same happened to team-mate Lewis Hamilton who was able to crawl around the final lap on three wheels and still beat Red Bull's Max Verstappen to the line and claim victory on home soil. Bottas' issue briefly promoted Sainz to P4 in the...
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