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Vettel 'right to speak out on tyres'

Sebastian Vettel's outburst following his 200mph tyre failure during Sunday's Belgian Grand Prix was the result of an underlying dissatisfaction among the drivers and teams with the product Pirelli has produced for Formula 1. Vettel's late-race blowout came hot on the heels of a similar incident for Mercedes's Nico Rosberg during Friday practice at Spa, the German suffering the failure at around 190mph. The spotlight has turned fully on Pirelli in the aftermath, but this episode is not merely about these two tyre failures. Why was Vettel so tough on Pirelli? Drivers' emotions run higher at Spa than they do at any track other than Suzuka in Japan as they grew up watching the greats drive...
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