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Car failure... please. We're not all that simple and naive

Two identical crashes... IDENTICAL... one caused by this mysterious "problem on the left front corner", and the other driver error?

They may be able to kid the idiots in America and Italy, but I'd like to think we're all a little more sceptical here

Clearly Ferrari are trying to keep the pressure of him because he will crack under the media spotlight and ruin yet another constructors tilt for them

you could actually see the front left bouncing around a bit before the 2nd crash.

probably clipped a wall somewhere earlier and something broke.

you could actually see the front left bouncing around a bit before the 2nd crash.

probably clipped a wall somewhere earlier and something broke.

That's where my one eye might obscure my opinion

So the question is... did it break because a component failed, or because he previously hit a wall/kerb a little too enthusiastically?

Given his history of utter hack-ary, i would agree with the clipped a wall theory

Its a bit unfair for merc to test in season. Even if they didnt gain any data etc from perelli (im sure they would have though) then its still 'x' amount of extra laps and experience on the tires. Im not sure if the merc test driver did the test or the race drivers, but either way still valuable

Didn't Pirelli say it wasn't on the current tyres, and that Mercedes did not know what tyre they were on at any time?

Tthey've also said right from the start that it was both current Mercedes drivers that did the testing - Rosberg and Hamilton.

Edited by hrd-hr30

hmm, yeah the Canada spec tyres weren't "current" at the time of the test were they?

Canada tyre changes have now been postponed to Silverstone/British GP, waiting on the outcome from this by the FIA.

My money is that the FIA will say Mercedes could have gained an advantage on those new updated tyres from this test, and rule that the tyres can't be changed to ensure no-one is disadvantaged.

My 2c is nothing will happen. Suspended sentence. Merc are too big a player as team and engine supplier so politics will get in the way of giving them the reaming they deserve (which is a shame as I am hoping to see Merc have a good few seasons)

They didnt know what tyres there were running, but you know it makes perfect sense for the Mercs to have run a few of the current compounds against some of the compounds proposed for introduction this season. The engineers are not dumb and would have had a good idea within a few laps of what tyres they were on.

There is also the likelihood that some compounds for next year could have been run but only very initial test as they are having troubles with current tyres, need to get their heads around the changed tyre before they spend too much time worrying about next years tyres when testing with an NA engine vs turbo engine etc etc isnt going to tell them a lot

... of course if they continue to employ drivers like Malappropriate, they may as well just use a turbo diesel from a light commercial vehicle

What choice do they have. Look at how much money Lotus lost last year. If Williams did that they would disapper in a heartbeat. Lets hope their new CEO will be better than the last.

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