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Rosberg: Pirelli risked 'biggest shunts ever'

Nico Rosberg has said that Pirelli risked causing the 'biggest shunts ever' with the tyre failures that occurred over the Belgian Grand Prix weekend. The Mercedes driver was left shaken after a high-speed right rear tyre failure in Friday practice at Spa-Francorchamps, which it is believed was caused by an external source such as debris or a car part. But what has annoyed Rosberg the most is that Sebastian Vettel also suffered a high-speed blowout on the exit of a high-speed Raidillon in the race. That incident prompted a furious outburst from the four-time world champion, who said that the situation in F1 was no longer 'safe'. Rosberg agrees with Vettel that having two high-speed tyre...
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