Bak to the future
The Azerbaijan Grand Prix was remarkable in many ways, but perhaps the most startling revelation was that Pirelli bore the brunt of ire from Red Bull and Aston Martin for catastrophic tyre failures on a street circuit lined by trees.
The tyre company’s subsequent report says the inner sidewalls failed, despite the teams following Pirelli’s guidance, and the FIA issued a Technical Directive ahead of the French GP mid-June in which it clarified the checks it will make around tyre pressures. However, the fact remains that at Baku a number of competitors suffered cut tyres that were initially thought to have contributed
