Jacques Villeneuve says he 'got lucky' to have the brakes of his Vanwall fail where they failed during the Portimao round of the WEC. 'It's never nice to lose the brakes, but it was probably a good place to have a failure like that.'
"The brake pedal was getting long and through the whole stint it was getting worse and worse," he explained.
#4 Floyd Vanwall Racing Team Vanwall Vandervell 680: Tom Dillmann, Esteban Guerrieri, Jacques VilleneuveThe ByKolles-run Vanwall Racing team was unsure of the reason for the failure in the wake of the race. He suffered rear suspension failure in the Sebring season-opener last month, which team owner Colin Kolles explained resulted from procedural issues inside the team.
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