for those who blame Hammys bad car management for his retirement: The failed MGU-K meant that brake harvesting of the cars changed, which put extra stress on the cars brakes. Wolff believes that the peak in temperatures when Hamilton made his second stop for tyres just put him over the edge and triggered the brake failure that ended his race. We told both drivers to manage the brakes because when you lose the electric motor and you lose the electric braking, the brakes are overheating massively, he said. We changed the balance within the braking system and told them to both be careful. Both of them complied exactly to what they had been told to do. It was very marginal though. When Lewis entered into the pits, with a stationary car, the temperatures rose and when he went out the pedal just went soft and fell down completely. On Nicos car he was lucky not to have that.
Posted on: Sun, 08 Jun 2014 23:36:23 +0000
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