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THE TRUTH ABOUT BAKU AND PIRELLI
The high-speed accidents experienced by Max Verstappen and Lance Stroll in Baku raised once again the subject of tyre durability. The somewhat obscure nature of the press release issued by Pirelli after its analysis of the failed tyres led to some rather ill-informed comments in various publications, so it’s worthwhile trying to understand both the nature of the failures and why the case was effectively closed as ‘unproven’.
To fully comprehend the problem, we need to understand a few different facts about tyres and basic mechanical engineering. First and foremost is to
