News Details

Tech analysis: How much did brake-by-wire contribute to the Mercedes clash?

While the stewards concluded that Nico Rosberg was at fault for the collision with teammate Lewis Hamilton on the last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix, opinions among fans remain divided about who was to blame for the crash. And while that debate will focus on racing lines and who turned when in those crucial milliseconds at Turn 2, there are several technical issues surrounding tyres and brakes that played just as big a part in the incident. One of the key aspects was the Brake-by-Wire (BBW) failure that hit Rosberg on the penultimate lap – and almost certainly kicked off a chain of events that allowed Hamilton to get a run on him. Tyre scenario But before we analyse the BBW issue, it is...
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Wolff: Last-lap Mercedes collision was “brainless”

Mercedes motorsport chief Toto Wolff has labelled the collision between...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Wolff furious after 'brainless' Mercedes crash

Toto Wolff has expressed his frustration after the two Mercedes drivers...
9y ago from F1Hub.net

Force India put out by brake failure

Sahara Force India Force India drivers Nico Hulkenberg and Sergio Perez...
9y ago from F1Zone.net

Sergio Perez: “We really deserved some points”

Sergio Perez was on course to salvage some points for himself and the...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott McLaughlin quickest over Kyle Kirkwood in...

The NTT IndyCar Series tackled the 2.38-mile Barber Motorsports Park on...

ECR brings on Hunter McElrea as reserve IndyCar driver

Ed Carpenter Racing has announced that Hunter McElrea will be the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal preparing 35 million summer bid to sign...

Arsenal are interested in signing Real Madrid winger Brahim Diaz in the...
7h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Sandro Tonali delivers response following claims of...

Newcastle United midfielder Sandro Tonali did his talking on the pitch...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'That would worry me a bit' - Jamie Carragher sheds...

Jamie Carragher believes Arsenal's lack of 'special players' will hurt...
9h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.