Lewis Hamilton brought concerns up in a drivers’ informing about tyre wellbeing after the rapid victory endured by team-mate Nico Rosberg at the Belgian Grand Prix. Taking after the second practice at Spa, Mercedes driver Hamilton asked when supplier Pirelli was going to take care of its tyre wellbeing. Rosberg endured tyre disappointment at 190mph however halted without hitting hindrances. Race executive Charlie Whiting guarded Pirelli’s record in the meeting. Whiting told Hamilton that Pirelli had endured no disappointments since they had changed the development of their tyres amid the 2013 season to give more security. One insider said he felt Hamilton’s question had been out of line on Pirelli as an aftereffect of its enhanced record on lessening disappointments since the begin of the 2014 season. Amid the 2013 season, a few tyre disappointments amid the British Grand Prix constrained Pirelli into quick changes to their tyres.
Pirelli is as yet exploring the reason for the disappointment on Rosberg’s car, which happened as he drew nearer the level out Blanchimont corner at the requesting Spa-Francorchamps track, one of F1’s generally difficult. Governing body the FIA had before issued an order to teams cautioning them on wellbeing grounds to stay inside of the stipulated parameters for tyre weight and wheel camber at the race meeting. Rosberg said the episode was “very much a stun” and included that the actuality he had not smashed “wasn’t down to my aptitude. It was just fortunes that I stayed out of the divider”.
Mercedes executive director (technical) Paddy Lowe said: “It was a very unusual situation where there seemed to be some bits of the tyre structure coming out up to a minute before the terminal failure of the tyre. It’s not something I’ve seen before. Pirelli have taken the tyre away to analyze. We are double checking the car as well and it’s something we’ll keep working on this evening.”
On talking about Lewis Rosberg said, “It is going well for now, I am feeling comfortable. It also means he is more likely to take over my set-up because he is a bit unsure what is going on, that is usually the tendency. That is always better.”
Hamilton stated, “The car was feeling good. Nico was quick but otherwise I really enjoyed the day. I’ll try and find the time and keep pushing. Red Bull are looking closer this weekend than they have for a while, so it should be close.”
