News Details

Pressure on Pirelli after tyre failures at British GP

F1's intense heat on Pirelli only got hotter on Sunday, as the British grand prix took place amid shards of exploding tyre rubber. Lewis Hamilton, just one of four drivers who had spectacular rear failures during the Silverstone race, was comfortably leading when he had his problem. Afterwards, the furious Briton told reporters he was trying to hold his tongue. "Big time," he relented when asked if he is worried about safety. "They need to do something," Hamilton told British broadcaster Sky. On the BBC, the 28-year-old could hold his tongue no longer. "It's unacceptable," said the Mercedes driver, whose teammate Nico Rosberg - who won - also had a partial tyre...
Full Story »
12y ago from GrandPrix.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Tyre failures a new problem - Pirelli

Paul Hembery says Pirelli's multiple tyre failures at the British Grand...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Tyre failures mar British Grand Prix

Tyre failures have marred the beginning of the British Grand Prix. Race...
12y ago from F1Zone.net

Pirelli confident it's on top of tyre failures

Pirelli will debut tyres made with a new bonding process at the British...
12y ago from espnF1.com

Rosberg wins Silverstone thriller

Nico Rosberg has won a thrilling British Grand Prix was that unfortunately...
12y ago from F1Technical.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

MotoGP announces Qatar round postponed until November

MotoGP has confirmed that Qatar's 10-12 April slot will be moved to 6-8...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

How the 2027 MotoGP grid is shaping up

No description available...
2d ago from Motorsport.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar 2026 Arlington – Race Results

Kyle Kirkson won the 2026 IndyCar Java House Grand Prix of Arlington to...

Kyle Kirkwood leads Andretti romp to take IndyCar...

IndyCar tackled the new street track in Arlington, Texas on Sunday, with...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Taka-San: King of Kenya

At the 94th time of asking, Takamoto Katsuta and co-driver Aaron Johnston...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal hero Thierry Henry sums up feeling of watching...

Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has revealed his reaction to teenage...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

“It’s not over. Who said that?” - Guardiola...

Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola has sent a strong message to Arsenal on...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Chelsea legend John Terry says Arsenal talent Max...

Chelsea legend John Terry compared Arsenal wonderkid Max Dowman to Lionel...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Liverpool and Arsenal in the race to sign 22-year-old...

Arsenal and Liverpool are interested in signing the FC Midtjylland winger...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1: Another perfect moment for Toto

Martine McCutcheon had one perfect moment, Toto... Read More »
57m ago from Pitpass.com

Does F1 have a backup plan? FIA confirm review of...

The FIA's single seater director Nikolas Tombazis... Read More »
2h ago from GPFans.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.