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Pirelli: External souce cause of Rosberg incident

After a full investigation which continued overnight into the issue which affected Nico Rosberg's Mercedes yesterday, these are the conclusions: There are no signs of structural integrity issue of the tyre, neither on other tyres used by Mercedes nor on tyres used on other vehicles. Video footage shows a tyre problem on Rosberg's car which is consistent with an external cut into the tyre structure. Quality data check on other tyres has shown no anomalies. Paul Hembery: “We have conducted a thorough investigation to find out exactly what happened with Nico's tyre. This investigation now excludes any structural integrity issues. Based on the information and data available an external...
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