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For the last month or so, rumors have been going around that Domenicale may get the kick if Ferrari doesn't improve its performance.

We probably shouldn't put too stock in these rumors, it is silly season after all. But lets imagine that they are right. Who would take over his job as team principal of Ferrari?

Would Pat Fry be capable of taking over the job?

Or does Ferrari need to get someone from the outside? And if that is the case who would that be?

In the last few days there has been a lot of discussion about the cause of the tire failures that F1 experienced at Silverstone. Following this discussion I thought it would be interesting to look at some of the earlier tire failures and what Pirelli said about those failures. I have tried to sum up events as best I could and provide relevant sources, but feel free correct me if you see some wrong or add additional information if you feel I have missed something.

This post is rather long, but I sum up things towards the end so you can just jump to that if don’t feel like reading the whole thing.

- April 20th – Bahrain GP –

A Mercedes driven by Lewis Hamilton suffers a left rear ti