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Originally Posted by artplumber
How is it possible to detach a spring from RB's car at speed (not having seen any other part of qualy)?
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I remember some engineer in F1 saying: "If a part doesn't fail occasionally, it's probably too heavy."
I'm guessing whatever bracket held the spring (probably carbon fiber) failed. It could be a one-off mistake, or a design flaw. It's even more freakish that Massa's car picked it up. I suspect that Button's car is being gone over with a fine-toothed comb right now as a second such failure will probably get both Brawn cars sidelined.