Funnily about brakes.
Funnily enough about Mercedes finding out what caused Lewis' brakes to fail and shunt him into a wall in Q3 in Germany.
Funnily enough it was a problem with 'interaction' between the brake material and the brake mounting.
Funnily enough it was the same front right that died and threw him into a wall in hockenheim q3 that yesterday, refused to work properly and resulted in the car pulling to the side in every heavy braking zone during q3.
http://www1.skysports.com/f1/news/2418 ... heim-crash
Hmm.Mercedes and Brembo have revealed that the “specific interaction between the brake material and braking mounting on the F1 W05” caused Lewis Hamilton’s qualifying crash in Germany.
The Briton made an early exit from the session at Hockenheim when a right-front brake disc failure on his car pitched him into a heavy shunt with the barriers.
The statement released ahead of the Belgian Grand Prix added that “the quality of the material was not a contributory factor”.
Mercedes and Brembo statement in full:
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Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton crashes out of qualifying in Germany, leading to the session being red flagged, ending his chances of pole position. Hamilton cras
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‘Following extensive joint analysis of the previously unseen failure mode experienced by Lewis Hamilton during Q1 at the German Grand Prix, Brembo and MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS have reached definitive conclusions concerning the cause of the failure.
‘First of all, both parties can now confirm that the quality of the disc material was not a contributory factor.
‘Instead, extensive analysis and experimentation has demonstrated that the specific interaction between the structure of the brake material in question and the brake mounting on the F1 W05 Hybrid was at the root of the failure.
‘Countermeasures have already been applied to both the disc geometry and the mounting to ensure there can be no repeat of the failure.
‘These developments allow the team to once again run Brembo brake disc material, should it choose to do so, in race conditions.
'Thanks to the close technical relationship between Brembo and MERCEDES AMG PETRONAS, we have been able to collaborate to objectively analyse, diagnose and resolve the failure, and we remain committed to a close working relationship in the future.’
I'l believe the brake issues are fixed, when I see that the brake issues are fixed, because they've still been a problem almost every race in some way.
. Stop using brakes destroying balance then or if it's a trade-off (different type of brakes) - don't complain. Maybe Rosberg is compromising performance for reliability? At least different brakes is one area your team-mate shouldn't be able to use your data. BTW Hamilton's brakes are bound to fail and people complain about tarmac run-offs, they really must hate him.
