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Massa says stalled rear-wing to blame for FP2 spin

Felipe Massa has blamed a stalled rear-wing for his free practice two spin which saw him miss the second half of the session after making contact with the tyre wall. The Williams driver span as he braked for the hairpin and brushed the barrier, damaging his front-wing. Whilst he managed to reverse back, debris under his left-front tyre stopped him from making it back to the pits. Initially the Brazilian took blame for the incident, believing it to be an error on his behalf, but following analysis by the team, it became apparent that his rear-wing stalled as he deactivated DRS. "I got back to the pits and they saw my rear-wing stalled just under braking and I lost the downforce under...
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