News Details

Pirelli: No obvious source for “cut” in Rosberg’s tyre

Pirelli believes that Nico Rosberg's spectacular tyre failure in FP2 at Spa resulted from a cut caused by an external source – but it cannot determine from where. The company has spent the last few hours checking other tyres that were used today, and has not found any indication of further problems. Investigations will continue through the night, and the company's engineers plan to check the track to see if they can identify a kerb or other potential cause of a cut. “We have no evidence of any weakness in the tyre or its structure,” a Pirelli spokesman told Motorsport.com. “And we very much think that everything came from a cut coming from an external source. “It's nearly...
Full Story »
10y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Eau Rouge challenge boosted by "scary" new...

Formula 1 drivers think the challenge of Eau Rouge has been made greater...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Kaltenborn: Why not go back to having two F1 tyre...

Monisha Kaltenborn thinks F1 should not rule out the idea of reviving a...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Lotus: Not the most straight-forward first day back...

Lotus F1 Team opened their Belgian Grand Prix weekend with a strong top...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Belgian GP: Preview - Pirelli

Managing the amount of energy going through the tyres is one of the keys...
10y ago from Pitpass.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Francesco Bagnaia rediscovers his ‘feeling' on...

Francesco Bagania has admitted he's rediscovered his feeling with the...
20h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

McLaren eyes Fernando Alonso reunion to complete...

Zak Brown has said he will "continue to bug" Fernando Alonso to...

Arrow McLaren unveils liveries for 2026 IndyCar...

Arrow McLaren has taken the wraps off its trio of challengers for the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Manchester United and Arsenal interested in signing...

Manchester United and Arsenal are reportedly interested in former Chelsea...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Man United & Arsenal target is interested in a...

Sandro Tonali’s future is attracting attention ahead of the summer...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Chelsea ‘advancing' in talks to sign striker who...

Chelsea are stepping up their pursuit of Julián Álvarez, with fresh...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Past, present, future …

Morning everyone. I see there's a Dennis Bergkamp interview with Ian...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Mercedes F1 star Kimi Antonelli in car crash ahead of...

Mercedes F1 star Kimi Antonelli was involved in a... Read More »
39m ago from GPFans.com

F1: Horner in talks with former McLaren investor?

It is claimed that in his quest to buy into... Read More »
49m ago from Pitpass.com

Newey admits AMR26 ‘a long, emotional journey of...

Aston Martin’s radical 2026 challenger did not... Read More »
1h ago from F1i.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.