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GPDA enters tyre row

The drivers' union has demanded an investigation into the two high profile tyre blow-outs in Spa. With every day that passes, the fall-out from last weekend's two tyre failures at Spa appears to grow, furthermore it is becoming more political. The Grand Prix Drivers' Association, effectively the drivers' union, has now entered the fray, its president, Alex Wurz, who now races in the WEC, where Michelin is the main supplier, demanding an end to blow-outs. 'As drivers, we strongly believe the end of a tyre's performance window can and should not be a tyre delamination in the form of an explosion,' he told BBC Sport. 'I believe there are technologies which prevent such sudden delamination,'...
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