After Max Verstappen suffered a puncture at the second standing start of the race, the world champion had just got back into position to regain the lead in the Azerbaijan Grand Prix.
When he braked just before the eventual winner Sergio Perez, Hamilton’s left front wheel blocked heavily and he had to drive into the run-off zone behind the first corner of the Baku track, falling to the end of the field, where he crossed the finish line.
Hamilton quickly suspected that he had somehow reactivated the “brake magic” system that Mercedes uses to help its drivers generate tire temperatures before re-starts and standing starts.
The team later confirmed that it “just cut the magic button” when he “veered off the line” on Perez, according to Mercedes technology director Mike Elliott, and Hamilton announced that the Black Arrows squad are now making a modification to theirs The front steering wheels made the French GP this weekend.
“We haven’t postponed it, [but] We just wrapped it around to make sure you couldn’t accidentally touch it in the future, ”explained Hamilton.
“But that’s short-term.
“It’s obviously that [steering] Wheel, it’s not that easy to change or move buttons. Everything was designed [a certain way]. So we will probably look for a longer-term solution in the future. “
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Hamilton also stated that he does not see the restart incident in Baku, which cost him the chance to take at least 18 points on the non-scoring Verstappen, as his mistake.
“It was definitely not under pressure from Max!” Hamilton said of the incident that occurred while Verstappen was on controls at the Baku Line Medical Center after his high-speed accident.
“And I don’t even count it as a mistake. I don’t know what it was before.
“But I don’t feel any pressure, I feel pretty relaxed and I can’t always be perfect.
“It’s a mistake if you often get off the track through your braking point or hit the wall, but that wasn’t one.
“It was kind of an easy mistake, but we had something that was sitting there that could have happened at any time.
“Unfortunately it’s pretty difficult [what happened]. But we learn from experience and make progress. “
Mercedes W12 steering wheel, rear view
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