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Suspension problems hinder Magnussen's Friday running

The technical issue that saw Kevin Magnussen have an early end to first practice and sit out the whole of the second session has been put down to a rear suspension failure. After heading back to the pits halfway through the FP1 session this morning, with the left rear tyre flapping around at the back of the RS-16, it was initially thought that the Dane could have experienced the same issue as Felipe Massa, who had two tyre failures in the Williams earlier in the session. However, both incidents turned out to be nothing to do with tyre related issues. Following investigations by the Renault Sport F1 team, it was found that the suspension had failed on Magnussen's car, causing the tyre...
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