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Williams: We found an issue with the wheel nut retainer
Williams have revealed that a faulty wheel retainer caused George Russell's crash during a safety car period at the Russian Grand Prix, the incident also prompted the team to retire Robert Kubica's car. Perennial backmarkers, the once-mighty team are anchored to the bottom of the Formula 1 field, well off the pace and a second or so slower than their closest rivals. The team cited lack of spare parts for retiring Kubica, and clearly cannot afford to risk the car and Kubica in the immediate aftermath of the Russell incident. The Singapore and Sochi doubleheader has taken its toll on the Grove outfit's spares bin. On Thursday, the team's senior race engineer, Dave Robson confirmed: 'We found...
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