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Teams 'could boycott Germany'

McLaren chief Martin Whitmarsh has admitted there is a danger that teams will boycott this week's German GP in the wake of the alarming tyre failures which blighted Sunday's British GP. Six cars suffered blowouts during the race while winner Nico Rosberg was forced to take a precautionary pit-stop with just ten laps remaining due to damage to his left-rear compound. The unsettling spectacle - causing severe reputational damage for both tyre supplier and sport - was branded "unacceptable" by Lewis Hamilton after he lost the lead of the race after becoming the first driver to suffer a puncture. With the next event, the German GP, less than a week away, the drastic possibility of a...
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