Wow, that Hitler had some heavy hypnotic power. I couldn't stop it, I was entranced. But anyway, why, Lewis, why?
Tobias Grüner F1 ‏@tgruener #F1 #Hamilton crash at #Jerez caused by failure of rear brakes. No driver error. Follow our live coverage in German: http://ticker.auto-motor-und-sport.de/ Not being funny though it's quite ironoic that both Max and Lewis had "mechanical problems" the second they started to push. Be easier if they just said, "We told them to push and the driver got as far as he could on purpose but that's as far he could take it."
Here’s Ted with more on Hamilton’s accident: “I’m just back from the garage, where they were attracting attention of the wrong sorts. There’s not too much damage: the front wing snapped off at the nose pillars and the car had picked up a fair bit of gravel. But both front wheels were still attached to the car. That’s damage that can be repaired fairly quickly, but obviously Mercedes will want to know the cause. The one thing we do know is that the car didn’t make the corner, so was it brake failure? It seems unlikely as there were skid marks on the track, but we don’t know if they only came from the front or the rear, so there could have been a mechanical problem. If not, could it have been that Lewis was caught out by the braking characteristics of his new car? Maybe the rear locked up; maybe it was a KERS charging quirk and he got less engine braking than the previous lap. We’ll let you know as soon as the team confirm. It’s all part of learning about a new car in testing.” Ted trying to salvage some explanation.
Yeah loss of brake pressure apparently, deary me Mercedes have are making a list of issues let alone test for the new season.
If there was no brake pressure at the rear wouldn't he have gone slightly sideways through the gravel since the rear would be traveling faster than the front in that case? Looked like a straight line all the way there...
please log in to view this image You are right, tracks are straight, just trying to fathom something from the pic.
But the rear would weigh 4 times more then the front wouldn't it? Be like me trying to balance an old TV on my finger...
If Lewis goes out within less than an hour I call BS on the brake failure. I've seen hydraulic issues take up to 2 hours by themselves.
tedkravitz Hamilton's rear brake failure will take quite a bit of time to investigate and repair, don't expect him to be back out anytime soon
