'I heard that Pirelli did warn the sports six months ago they could see an issue here and the sport didn't listen.'
Nico Rosberg says he heard Pirelli warned Formula 1 some “six months ago” that the Lusail kerbs could be a problem for the tyres but that the “sport didn’t listen”.
Although these new kerbs were constructed to the FIA’s specification, they featured raised 50-millimetre pyramid-style outer edges that battered the Pirelli tyres during Friday’s running.2016 World Champion Rosberg reckons that could’ve been avoided had Formula 1 listened to Pirelli’s concerns. What they weren’t given, though, were extra sets of tyres which meant that when the three-stop strategy for the grand prix was imposed on Sunday morning, some drivers were left short when it came to brand-new tyres.“I think one of the things that everyone is so frustrated about is that this issue existed here back in 2021,” said Naomi Schiff.
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