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Williams: FIA tyre measurement was wrong

Williams appeals Massa Brazilian GP disqualification Williams is appealing Felipe Massa's disqualification from the Brazilian grand prix. The stewards stripped the Brazilian of his eighth place finish because a tyre had been measured by the FIA on the grid to be 137 degrees — a massive 27 degrees higher than Pirelli's now-mandatory guidelines. Williams engineering chief Rob Smedley, however, is not impressed and said the outfit is confused as to why the FIA's infra-red gun reading showed the tyre to be at 137 degrees, because its own data suggested the tyre was at 107. 'We have two different sensors,' he said, 'and our measurement on the grid was 104 degrees. The other on the...
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