Sebastian Vettel was left fuming over the state of the Pirelli tyres after suffering a puncture on the penultimate lap of the Belgian Grand Prix.
The German was the only one to opt for a one-stop strategy and was set for a third-placed finish.
“Things like that are not allowed to happen, full stop. If it happens 200 metres earlier I’m not standing here now I’m doing 300 stuck in Eau Rouge.”
“I don’t know what else needs to happen,” Vettel told the BBC after the race.
“What’s upsetting is one thing the result: this is racing, for sure we deserved to finish on the podium. But the other thing as I said is if this happens earlier I don’t… I think it’s the sort of theme that keeps going around, nobody’s mentioning, but it’s unacceptable.”
Vettel was unhappy with Pirelli’s response to Rosberg’s tyre blow-out which took place in practice on Friday.
“‘Yeah well there was cut debris, there may be something wrong with the bodywork, the driver went wide’ – bullshit”,” he said. “If Nico tells us that he didn’t go off the track, he didn’t go off the track. Why should he lie to us?”
“Same with me I didn’t go off the track it’s just out of the blue, the tyre explodes.”
