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Drivers rebuked as Pirelli survive Spa blowout saga

The Pirelli blowout saga reached its zenith at Monza, when an unprecedented summit meeting between the various parties took place ahead of the Italian Grand Prix. Bernie Ecclestone was there for the one-hour meeting, as well as fellow hard-hitters Marco Tronchetti Provera, the Pirelli CEO, and the most vocal Pirelli critics like Sebastian Vettel and Fernando Alonso. According to Auto Motor und Sport, there were some heated exchanges, such as when Ecclestone told the critical parties 'Have there not always been punctures in racing?' Mercedes' Niki Lauda reportedly replied: 'Yes, but in my time I sat down ten minutes later with the tyre company, and I was only happy when they told me the...
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