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Pirelli believes debris cut tires for Verstappen, Stroll and Hamilton

Pirelli believes debris led to the spectacular tire failures for Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix, after also finding a cut on the same corner for Lewis Hamilton. Stroll suffered a left-rear failure on the run to the finish line on Lap 30 — having yet to pit after starting on hard tires — but very few teams made a precautionary pit stop as they felt the issue was not due to tire wear. However, when Verstappen then crashed in the closing stages at the end of the same straight, the race was red-flagged to allow teams to change tires. Despite that, Pirelli motorsport boss Mario Isola believes the issues were both caused by debris and says a cut for...
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