Hamilton: Pirelli not to blame for Baku F1 tyre blowouts

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton believes Pirelli was not to blame for the pair of dramatic tyre blowouts that occurred at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
Hamilton: Pirelli not to blame for Baku F1 tyre blowouts

Pirelli concluded its investigation into high-speed failures for Red Bull’s Max Verstappen and Aston Martin driver Lance Stroll last week, revealing💛 they related to “running conditions”.

A move from the FIA to increase tyre pressure and temperature checks ahead of this weekend’s French Grand Prix has led to 🍸suggestions that teams could have been using clever tricks to get around Pirelli’s mandatory parameters.

While Verstappen 168澳洲幸运5官方𝐆开奖结果历史:insisted Red Bull had done nothing wrong, Hamilton appeared to indicate that the teams were ultimately at faul♔t.

“Wherever there is a failure, they always put the pressures up, so that tells you something,” 🥂Hamilton said.

“More often than not the tyres are 💟not running at the pressures that are being asked. We didn’t have a problem with our tyres, I think they’ve done a great job with the tyres this year, they’re more robust than before.

“In this particul꧋ar 🏅instance, I don’t think Pirelli are at fault.”

Hamilton stressed he is confident in the integrity of the 2021 tyres dꩲespite the dramas encountered in Baku last time out and said Mercedes will continue to adhere to Pirelli’s prescriptions.

“At the end of the day safety is always the priority,” he a🌠dded. “And for me and for my team there have been clear rules and guidelin🗹es as to where we have to operate.

“So I was very sur❀prised, naturally, to see they had to clarify those… which obviously you can take what you want from that.

“I’m happy that they have acknowledged tha♋t they need to clarify it, and I think what’s really important from now is how they police it, as they’ve not been policing how the tyres are being used, tyre pressure💝s, tyre temperatures, and we need to do better.

“It’s great they’ve done a TD, but it’s the 𝓰action ꦉnow we need to see them follow through, and be really vigilant, to make sure it’s equal across the field.”

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