News Details

F1 drivers demand end of blow-outs

Formula 1 drivers have demanded the end of tyre blow-outs after two dramatic failures at the Belgian Grand Prix. Grand Prix Drivers' Association chairman Alexander Wurz said: 'We need to stop the sudden explosions.' The intervention comes after Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel and Mercedes' Nico Rosberg suffered tyre failures at close to 200mph at Spa over the weekend. Pirelli says it is conducting a forensic investigation to understand the failures. A spokesman said it hoped to have a comprehensive explanation of the causes of Vettel's incident by Thursday. Is Vettel right to be angry about exploded tyre? Former F1 driver Wurz, who leads the GPDA with fellow directors Vettel and Jenson Button,...
Full Story »
10y ago from BBC.co.uk 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Drivers demand action after tyre blow-outs

Nico Rosberg and Romain Grosjean have echoed Sebastian Vettel's calls...
10y ago from PlanetF1.com

Mercedes Practice report: Dramatic start to Belgian GP

Dramatic start to Belgian Grand Prix weekend in Spa Nico topped the times...
10y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Pirelli issue terse statement about Spa tyre failures

Belgian Grand Prix – Clearly unhappy with comments made by...
10y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Relief as Formula 1 survives scary weekend at Spa

Formula 1 can count its lucky stars after Sebastian Vettel and Nico...
10y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Miguel Oliveira reveals what’s ‘more difficult’...

Miguel Oliveira says WorldSBK’s race weekend format is harder to adapt...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Motorsport legend Alex Zanardi dies aged 59

Ex-F1 and CART driver Alex Zanardi has passed away aged 59. His family...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Not for sale: 19-year-old has no chance of leaving...

The upcoming summer transfer window wouldn't be complete without a massive...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta promises fired-up Arsenal will play...

t;li>Champions League semi-final delicately poised at 1-1‘We are so...
14m ago from TheGuardian.com

Bullish Arteta urges Arsenal to ‘make next step’...

irst Champions League final in 20 years is within touching distance, but a...
14m ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.