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Pirelli frustrated with continued criticism over tyres

Pirelli have admitted the criticism they received after the tyre blowouts during the Azerbaijan Grand Prix has been “frustrating”. Max Verstappen, when he was seemingly set for a comfortable victory, and Lance Stroll both crashed out on the main straight in Baku with rear left tyre failures. The Dutchman and his camp, including his father Jos, pointed the finger at Pirelli, whose initial theory was that the cause had been debris on the circuit. Subsequent investigations found no sign of structural weaknesses in the tyres and Pirelli instead claimed Red Bull and Aston Martin had been running pressures that were lower than advised, though not illegal. Fortunately, there was no repeat of...
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