Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg s🅺uffered a high-speed blow out today during the third and final day of the Pirelli t🧸est in Bahrain.

"Just spun at ful♔l speed 320km/♍h on [the] Bahrain straight [be]cause my tyre blew up without warning. Thanks to that need to get some toilet paper now..." he joked on Twitter, although he subsequently deleted it.

As it is a private test, no times and little other informati🎃on has been released, although it is understood followin🎃g the failure Mercedes ended its programme prematurely.

Mercedes were one of four teams in action at the test - along with Ferrari, Red Bull Racing and Toro Rossꦏo - using it to sample the 2014 prototype tyres.

Pirelli meanwhile released the following statement to Sky Sports F1: "The test in Bahrain is a🐻 private tyre test, so most data generated from it are𒆙 confidential. However, incidents can happen, this is what testing is for. Our testing programme will continue as planned."