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Technical Draft – How a Formula 1 chassis might be defective

It has been revealed that for this weekend’s French Grand Prix the chassis of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas have been swapped out. This is not an unusual in Formula 1 and there may be numerous reasons why this has occurred. The rationale for the change has been discussed by the team and it is not one that will be explored in this discussion. Occasionally a driver will be report that their chassis does not feel right, or it is defective. This discussion will briefly consider what constitutes a contemporary F1 chassis, and how it may be defective. Firstly, to remove any ambiguity consider the semantics of the term “chassis”. In the context of this discussion the correct term is...
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