* Rosberg wins race marred by tyre failures * Vettel fails to finish * Home victory escapes Hamilton (Adds detail, quotes) By Alan Baldwin SILVERSTONE, England June 30 (Reuters) - Germany's Nico Rosberg won the British Grand Prix for Mercedes on Sunday after a spate of exploding tyres almost caused the race to be stopped and threw the sport into crisis. Rosberg's second victory in three races fell into his lap on a bright and breezy afternoon in which team mate Lewis Hamilton's hopes of a home victory from pole position were extinguished early on in a flash of flailing rubber. The German took the lead 11 laps from the end when the Red Bull of triple world champion and compatriot Sebastian...
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