News Details

Rear wing problem to blame for Massa crash

Williams has confirmed that a stalling rear wing caused Felipe Massa to spin and crash out of second practice for the Chinese Grand Prix. The Brazilian was 10th in the morning session, but lost a lot of time due to the incident in practice two, eventually falling to 17th. 'The spin was caused by a rear wing stall which was easy to rectify so we were confident when sending Valtteri [Bottas] back out,' Rob Smedley – head of performance engineering at Williams – confirmed. Massa added: 'The first session went to plan, but this afternoon we had a few issues with the rear wing. Under braking I lost all grip in the rear tyres and as a result the car spun which put me out for the rest...
Full Story »
10y ago from RichlandF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Massa's crash due to rear wing stall

– Williams has revealed that Felipe Massa's accident during second...
10y ago from GPUpdate.net

Massa's spin caused by rear wing stall

Williams Martini Racing Williams says that Felipe Massa's premature exit...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Hamilton tops practice for Chinese GP

Mercedes AMG Petronas Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton set the pace during...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Palmer makes practice debut with Lotus

Lotus F1 Team Reigning GP2 Champion Jolyon Palmer made his Formula 1...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez expects ‘even faster’ times from 2027...

Marc Marquez has cast doubt over claims that the new 850cc MotoGP engines...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

WRC Rally Scotland brings top tier rallying back to...

The 2027 WRC calendar should have an exciting new event on the calendar:...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Paul Merson predicts winner of Arsenal vs Manchester...

The Carabao Cup final between Arsenal and Manchester City at Wembley is...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal and the League Cup- a complex history

Maybe I shouldn’t be typing these words ahead of Sunday but Arsenal and...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Champions League review: more trauma for the Premier...

y two of the Premier League’s last-16 teams made it to the...
2h ago from TheGuardian.com

Agent confirms Arsenal interest in attacker with 70...

Pio Esposito’s agent has confirmed that Arsenal are interested in...
3h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.