Pirelli 2013 ?

[baker]

Can't believe the amount of negative comments about the tyres. Pirelli should be applauded for introducing more unpredictability with their randomly exploding tyres. Best race I've seen for ages.

[Knock-on]

Because Silverstone is the oldest race in F1. Most drivers know it inside out and Pirelli should know the requirements here and exactly what stresses a tyre will be subject to.

It's not like its Russia or Austen

[SGWilko]

Did Pirelli make the tyres that punctured the fuel tank that overwhelmed the engines on the Concorde that killed all those people?

Or was it something that cut the tyre and caused it to deflate and fail at high speeds and loads.

[BDunnell]

Because Silverstone is the oldest race in F1. Most drivers know it inside out and Pirelli should know the requirements here and exactly what stresses a tyre will be subject to.

It's not like its Russia or Austen

Or Thruxton.

Must say, I'm utterly fed up by the extent to which tyres, in one way or another, dominate F1 nowadays.

[SGWilko]

BBC Sport - British GP: Pirelli tyre failures were dangerous, says Lewis Hamilton

If you get a puncture because brain dead fred the labourer drops nails on the road, do you blame your tyre band manufacturer or screwfix direct?

[Knock-on]

Thruxton? Not Tom Chiltons failure? That was the teams fault 100%. They knew it would fail the way they set it up but needed to impress ballsy stuff

Anyway, where you been

[RedBullian1]

Because Silverstone is the oldest race in F1. Most drivers know it inside out and Pirelli should know the requirements here and exactly what stresses a tyre will be subject to.

It's not like its Russia or Austen

And Pirelli tests there too which makes it even more confusing

[AndySpeed]

This is the first Formula One race that I've watched in some time. Are they all like this?

[RedBullian1]

This is the first Formula One race that I've watched in some time. Are they all like this?

They have become like this action wise. Tire wise, it's been like this all year but hasn't been like this in the past

[SuperCooperDuper]

Did you see that note on the picture of Vettel's tire that almost blew? "+2 psi". That is a huge adjustment. I wonder if teams were running tire pressures below Pirelli spec to gain advantage and it backfired. Maybe it was not a tire defect at all?