Adapted from GMM
Sebastian Vettel has backed Paul di Resta's complaint about flying pieces of Pirelli rubber.
Before the season, the reigning world champion already warned about the amount of rubber marbles on the track.
Force India rookie Paul di Resta claimed he was hit several times during the Malaysian grand prix by discarded "marbles" of synthetic rubber falling off the tires.
"Come the end of the race, it gets difficult to overtake. The other big thing is that they kept coming up and hitting me in the hands. In the middle of a fast corner, these lumps of rubber would be smacking into my hands as I turned the wheel. Rubber is not the softest material and if it got you in the right place, it could hurt," Scottish Paul di Resta is quoted by the Telegraph.
"I have not had those comments from the top three (finishers) but if it's an issue, we will have to confront it," said Paul Hembery, motor sport director for F1's new official tire supplier.
On Monday, it emerged that race winner, reigning champion and championship leader Vettel had a similar problem.
"There was a lump (of tire) that was suddenly in the middle of my visor. They're like bullets fired from the car in front," he told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.
Sebastian Vettel has backed Paul di Resta's complaint about flying pieces of Pirelli rubber.
Before the season, the reigning world champion already warned about the amount of rubber marbles on the track.
Force India rookie Paul di Resta claimed he was hit several times during the Malaysian grand prix by discarded "marbles" of synthetic rubber falling off the tires.
"Come the end of the race, it gets difficult to overtake. The other big thing is that they kept coming up and hitting me in the hands. In the middle of a fast corner, these lumps of rubber would be smacking into my hands as I turned the wheel. Rubber is not the softest material and if it got you in the right place, it could hurt," Scottish Paul di Resta is quoted by the Telegraph.
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| Engineers collecting tire marbles on the track - Photo: Pirelli |
"I have not had those comments from the top three (finishers) but if it's an issue, we will have to confront it," said Paul Hembery, motor sport director for F1's new official tire supplier.
On Monday, it emerged that race winner, reigning champion and championship leader Vettel had a similar problem.
"There was a lump (of tire) that was suddenly in the middle of my visor. They're like bullets fired from the car in front," he told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.