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.
*'And then finally having damaged two cars as badly as we did on Friday, the drivers are now in a position where if we damage them in the sprint race we may well be in a position where we couldn’t race on Sunday.** It was a blessing AMG had bad luck during qualy & not the race
**On Lewis's car we've also damaged the front wing and done some cosmetic damage to the chassis.** As a humble reminder, words ending with the letter S when they're in plural, the apostrophe is at the end meaning there are no additional ssess e.g. princes'
**The team also had only one spare floor and had to make another from what was left of the damaged floors.** Hahaha talk about racing on a budget
**The fact that Mercedes had been left scrambling to have two cars ready to run on Saturday is a clear indication of how the cost cap has impacted ability of the top teams to produce sufficient spares** In other words the real F1 is no more bcoz F1 is supposed to be an arms race
**Both drivers lost their rear wings in the accidents, and the only spare example of the low-drag spec prepared for the Austrian GP was given to Hamilton, as he was further down the grid** Hahaha why would AMG even give an explanation when a 7 times champ deserves all cool bits
**There is a huge amount of work that went into getting those cars ready** Aah, this would explain the sincere apology from Sir as he knew he had given the team extra work. Luckily both Sir and George paid back the team after Carlos and Perez's troubles
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