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Pirelli Still Seeking Reasons Behind Buemi’s Silverstone Tyre Test Crash

Pirelli Motorsport is still investigating the reasons behind the tyre failure that caused Sebastien Buemi to crash at the first turn during the tyre test at Silverstone just after the British Grand Prix. Buemi was back behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car for Red Bull Racing and partaking in the tyre test when a failure around the left rear tyre saw him lose control and hit the barriers last Wednesday, with Mario Isola, Pirelli’s Head of F1 and Car Racing, revealing tests are underway to find the exact cause. It was not the first time this tyre had been used having been utilised by Alfa Romeo Racing in the post-Austrian Grand Prix test, while Red Bull and Williams Racing had already used...
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