Amid growing concerns about the safety of Formula One tires, the sport's governing body has ordered tyre supplier Pirelli to attend a meeting on Wednesday in response to dramatic tyre blowouts that hit four cars at the British Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton was leading the race when the rear left tyre on his Mercedes exploded. There were further blowouts on the rear left tyres for Ferrari's Felipe Massa, McLaren's Sergio Perez and Toro Rosso's Jean-Eric Vergne, whose problems resulted in huge strips of rubber flying across the track and several drivers behind him being hit with debris. It brought on the safety car, the first of two in the 52-lap race eventually won by Hamilton's teammate Nico...
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