Pirelli has confirmed 🌳that Sebastian Vettel's tyre failure on the penultimate lap of the British Grand Prix was caused by driving around on an underinflated tyre that was the result of a ꦛslow puncture.

Vettel suffered a blow-out on his front-left tyre towards the end of the race at Silverstone🐷, costing♕ him a podium finish.

The incident came one lap after Ferrari team-mate Kimi Raikkone🦩n had also suffered a front-left failure at the same point of the circuit, but Pirelli stressed after the race that the incidents were separate.

In a statement issued on Friday, Pirelli confirmed that aওfter analysing Vettel's damage tyre and the relevant data, it could confirm that a slow puncture was the root cause of the problem.

"Pirelli has concluded the analysis on Sebastian Vettel's damaged front-left P Zero Yellow soft tyre, which affꦚected him two laps from the finish of the British Grand Prix," the statement read𒐪s.

"As appeared clear since Sunday afternoon, a full investigation has now confirmed that the original cause o💃f the failure was a slow puncture. The consequent driving back to the pits on an underinflated and then flat tyre led to the final failure.

"Kimi Raikkon𝓀en's damaged tyre shows less evidence of what occurred, so further tests and analysis are still ongoing in Pirelli's laboratories and indoor testing ꦐfacilities.

"It will take a few more days to re🎐ach a definitive 𒆙conclusion."