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Damien Smith

Nordschleife WTCR races cancelled over Goodyear tyre failures

The two races, due to run on Saturday morning ahead of the Nurburgring 24 Hours, were officially canned shortly before the first was to begin. The decision follows a number of tyre failures during the two free practice sessions on Thursday and qualifying on Friday.

The stewards decision read: “Since the beginning of round two in Nurburgring, several problems happened with the tyres on different cars during free practice and qualifying sessions.

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