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Tech analysis: How much did brake-by-wire contribute to the Mercedes clash?
While the stewards concluded that Nico Rosberg was at fault for the collision with teammate Lewis Hamilton on the last lap of the Austrian Grand Prix, opinions among fans remain divided about who was to blame for the crash. And while that debate will focus on racing lines and who turned when in those crucial milliseconds at Turn 2, there are several technical issues surrounding tyres and brakes that played just as big a part in the incident. One of the key aspects was the Brake-by-Wire (BBW) failure that hit Rosberg on the penultimate lap – and almost certainly kicked off a chain of events that allowed Hamilton to get a run on him. Tyre scenario But before we analyse the BBW issue, it is...
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