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Suspension failure caused Massa accident

Ferrari has confirmed that a breakage in the left front suspension was to blame for Felipe Massa's violent exit from Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix.The Brazilian suffered two near-identical accidents on successive days in the Principality, his car appearing unable to turn away from the left-hand wall on the main straight before ploughing into the barriers at Ste Devote.Television footage following Saturday morning's practice accident appeared to show components flexing on the front left corner, and the incident was partly ascribed to driver error. However, when the Massa suffered the same fate on raceday, ending his progress through the field from a back of the grid start, the finger of blame...
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