Mercedes explains why it feared that one of its cars might have missed the AustrianGP last Sunday, if it was damaged in Saturday's sprint race, after two heavy crashes on Friday 🛠️ Here's the full F1 story ⬇️
both had heavy accidents in Friday’s Q3 session in qualifying, and the former was forced to switch to the spare chassis, which was built up for him on Saturday morning.
The team also had only one spare floor and had to make another from what was left of the damaged floors.had been left scrambling to have two cars ready to run on Saturday is a clear indication of how the cost cap has impacted the ability of the top teams to produce sufficient spares of the spec they are currently racing.
“We've done quite a lot of damage to the cars so, we've broken both floors, we've broken both rear wings, we damaged quite a lot of suspension. On Lewis's car we've also damaged the front wing and done some cosmetic damage to the chassis.
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