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Verstappen rages at Pirelli: Sometimes it's a sh*tty sport

Article To news overview Max Verstappen has slammed Pirelli after his costly tyre blowout which robbed him of victory at the Azerbaijan GP. Verstappen was set to increase his lead in the Drivers' Championship having jumped Lewis Hamilton in the pitstop phase but his left-rear tyre suddenly punctured going into Turn 1, just five laps from the end of the race. "Sometimes it's a shitty sport when things like this happen," Verstappen told Ziggo Sport. "We drive lap after lap and everyone drives the same line. "It's weird that it only happens to me. I think they cleaned things up well from Stroll's crash. Probably Pirelli will say again that it was because of carbon debris,...
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