News Details

Wolff rubbishes tyre pressure conspiracy theories

Toto Wolff has brushed off suggestions Mercedes had intended to allow the tyre pressures to drop on its cars heading into the Italian Grand Prix, despite otherwise following correct protocol. Lewis Hamilton's dominant lights-to-flag victory at Monza was not confirmed until several hours later after Mercedes was summoned to the stewards to explain why tyre pressures on both Hamilton and Nico Rosberg's cars were below the legal limit. An investigation subsequently revealed that the left rear tyres were the correct pressure when they were fitted, as proven by Pirelli, but would proceed to lose pressure (0.3psi on Hamilton's car, 1.1psi on Rosberg's) as they cooled due to the tyre blankets not...
Full Story »
10y ago from Crash.net 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes under investigation for illegal tyre pressures

Lewis Hamilton and team-mate Nico Rosberg are under investigation for...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Hamilton keeps win as stewards clear Mercedes

Lewis Hamilton will retain his Italian Grand Prix victory after the...
10y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

Pirelli: Tyre pressure limits “there for a reason”

Pirelli’s Paul Hembery has told Motorsport.com that the investigation...
10y ago from Motorsport.com

Mercedes under investigation for alleged tyre breach

Mercedes AMG Petronas Mercedes is under investigation after an alleged...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez assesses his Ducati future beyond 2026...

Nine-time MotoGP champion Marc Marquez will be a key figure in the rider...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Scott Dixon awarded prestigious New Zealand honor

To close out 2025, one of IndyCar’s most decorated drivers was awarded...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Man United could make January move for Arsenal...

Manchester United could reportedly be ready to make a move for Rennes...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal hoping to repeat Odegaard-type deal and sign...

Arsenal are looking to recreate the conditions of their signing midfielder...
11h ago from SportsKeeda.com

How to watch Arsenal vs Aston Villa

Arsenal host Aston Villa at the Emirates in a huge Premier League clash at...
10h ago from SkySports.com

A New Year's Day ramble

Good morning everyone, and welcome to 2026. Here's a quick New Year's Day...
11h ago from Arseblog.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.