News Details

Vettel furious with Pirelli after late tyre failure

Sebastian Vettel felt he deserved to finish on the podium at Spa-Francorchamps only to be denied by a rear tyre failure on which the German driver pinned the fault directly at the hands of tyre manufacturers Pirelli. The Scuderia Ferrari driver had gambled on a one-stop strategy, and was running third with just two laps remaining when his right-rear tyre seemed to explode down the Kemmel Straight, meaning his chance of the podium was over. “We deserved to finish on the podium but that’s racing,” reflected Vettel. “A different thing though is not to finish the race because of what happened. “I think this is not easy to accept for a driver, even if it’s not as bad as in...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Pirelli blames Ferrari strategy for Vettel's tyre...

Pirelli was quick to respond following a late tyre failure that cost...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

Vettel: Pirelli tyre blowouts ‘unacceptable’

A furious Sebastian Vettel has heavily criticised Pirelli after a tyre...
9y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Furious Vettel blasts tyre supplier Pirelli

– Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel vented his fury at Formula 1 tyre...
9y ago from GPUpdate.net

Sebastian Vettel launches scathing attack on Pirelli

Belgian Grand Prix – Ferrari's Sebastian Vettel lost a podium on...
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Honda confirms Jorge Martin ‘an option’ for 2026...

Honda Team Manager Alberto Puig has reiterated its interest in signing...

Liberty Media completes 4.3 billion takeover of...

Two weeks on from receiving unanimous EU approval, Liberty Media...

Gresini reveals extent of Alex Marquez's injuries...

Gresini Racing team manager Michele Masini revealed the extent of Alex...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou chooses to view costly Mid-Ohio mistake as...

Alex Palou was not the winner of Sunday’s IndyCar event from Mid-Ohio,...

Scott Dixon capitalizes on Alex Palou’s mistake to...

The beginning of a busy stretch for IndyCar got under way on Sunday, with...

IndyCar Mid-Ohio – Race Results

IndyCar visited Mid-Ohio over the weekend for Honda’s home event and a...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg goes Rally1 – Sebastien Ogier enters...

After dominant victories in WRC2 in Rally Sweden, Portugal and most...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal ask for player + £10m to part with...

The transfer window always throws up some questionable things – but...
3h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Fenerbahçe table 15m bid for Arsenal forward: 3-year...

There's been lots of news of incomings today, with Viktor Gyokeres talks...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Cristiano Ronaldo wants Al-Nassr to sign Real Madrid...

Cristiano Ronaldo reportedly wants Al-Nassr to sign Rodrygo from Real...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal put off by 100m demand for priority target,...

According to a report by Sky Germany via GOAL, Arsenal have been put off...
5h 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.