News Details

Overheating Wheel Rim Caused Kvyat’s Tyre Failure during British Grand Prix

Pirelli Motorsport has concluded its investigation into the tyre failure that caused Daniil Kvyat to suffer a high speed crash during last weekend’s British Grand Prix, although their fact-finding mission has said it was something outside of their control that caused the problem. Kvyat crashed heavily after appearing to lose control of his Scuderia AlphaTauri Honda heading into Maggotts bend on lap twelve, with the Russian initially blaming himself for it.  The incident brought out the safety car for the second time. However, on-board footage from the AT01 showed Kvyat’s tyre failing at high speed heading into the turn, which pitched him into the spin that ended up with him...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Häkkinen: If you're going to suffer a high-speed tyre...

Mika Hakkinen reflects on the British Grand Prix which turned dramatic...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Pirelli reveals cause of Kvyat's British GP accident

Pirelli has clarified that a tyre failure was not to blame for the...
5y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Sainz ‘lost for words' losing P4 after last-lap...

The 2020 British Grand Prix hosted many travesties and tragedies over the...

Silverstone to add kerbing after tyre blowouts

Silverstone circuit will add kerbing at turn 13 in an effort to prevent...
5y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Chip Ganassi: ‘We’re spoiled’ having drivers...

Alex Palou clinched the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series title over the weekend,...

IndyCar Portland – Race Results

The final road course event of the 2025 IndyCar season was contested on...

Alex Palou clinches title, becomes IndyCar’s newest...

Alex Palou is the champion of the 2025 NTT IndyCar Series, having locked...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Real Madrid Transfer News Roundup: Saudi Arabia...

Real Madrid secured a 4-0 win over WSG Tirol at the Tivoli Stadion Tirol...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Sources: Leeds United emerging as favourites to beat...

Leeds United have taken the most concrete steps in the race to sign Bilal...
11m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal will look to sign LaLiga superstar if they...

Arsenal have reportedly made Real Madrid forward Rodrygo their Plan B if...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Theo Walcott makes scoreline prediction for Premier...

Former Premier League star Theo Walcott has backed Arsenal to beat...
14h ago from SportsKeeda.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.