The Mercedes F1 team has revealed that Lewis Hamilton’s car was hit with a ‘vertical load’ of 45G following a collision with Fernando Alonso at the Formula 1 Belgian Grand Prix.
Lewis Hamilton made contact while trying to pass Fernando Alonso on the outside at Les Combes, sending the rear of his car into the air before landing hard on the run-off area of the corner.
Fernando Alonso was able to continue, but Lewis Hamilton ordered the car to be parked on the way down the double-left puong after the Mercedes F1 team crew noticed a sudden drop in water pressure. was taken.
Lewis Hamilton was unharmed despite the impact that triggered the FIA (Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile) medical warning alert, so the FIA has decided to cancel the mandatory visit to the medical center at Spa-Francorchamps. received a warning from
“It was a huge shock,” James Bowles, the Mercedes F1 team’s strategy director, said in a post-race YouTube video.
“45G was measured by the SDR recorder in the car. It’s a very large vertical load.”
“He’ll be fine. He’ll be back in Zandvoort. Mainly I think he’s frustrated. Frustrated that he had a very fast race car and podiums were possible. But like all of us, he’s here to fight and keep pushing forward.”
James Bowles says the Mercedes F1 team is currently conducting a thorough inspection and diagnosis of Lewis Hamilton’s brand new power unit and impact-cracked gearbox. All of his suspension components have also been thoroughly investigated for the race weekend at Zandvoort.
“There are enough pictures on the internet to show how high the car was, how it landed and how big the impact was,” said Bowles.
“The first thing I noticed immediately after hitting the ground was the loss of coolant. In fact, on Alonso’s onboard you can see coolant flying towards him. After that, the temperature went up pretty quickly. It started to climb and that was the main reason we stopped him in the truck.”
“It will take a few days to check all the components. Obviously the suspension components and the gearbox would have been overloaded and we need to fully understand what we need before Zandvoort.”
James Bowles stressed that Sunday afternoon’s race pace was comparable to Ferrari’s speed. However, the team’s deficit in qualifying is still large.
“The approach and philosophy of what we’re doing in terms of prioritizing race pace or qualifying pace may differ between the two teams,” said James Bowles.
“Obviously the numbers are big, much bigger than what we normally see. Normally you would expect 0.1 to 0.2 seconds, but there was a second difference.”
“What I can say is that we beat them in terms of degradation in the race. They think they’re scoring points every race.”
“Obviously we have to improve our qualifying position, not only in relation to Ferrari but also in qualifying conditions with McLaren and Alpine as well.”
“And we need to improve from where we are in qualifying to get our first win of the season, to race at the front. That’s the focus we’ve been working on, not just this race, the season. We are aiming for that through the
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