News Details

Hamilton blames brake issue for safety car near miss

Lewis Hamilton says that problems getting his brakes up to temperature were to blame for the moment where he nearly hit the safety car at the start of the British Grand Prix. The torrential downpour prior to the start of the Silverstone race meant that race control opted for a safety car start, with the pack not being released until the start of the sixth lap. Prior to that, Hamilton came close to hitting the safety car at Copse as he appeared to outbrake himself, having to run off track on the inside of the right-hander and narrowly avoiding clipping the right-rear of the Mercedes-AMG GT. The Briton, who went on to win the race, explained that brake troubles were to blame for the mishap,...
Full Story »
8y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

British GP: Hamilton takes pole despite track limits...

Lewis Hamilton will start the British Grand Prix from pole position,...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Top three drivers differ on safety car start verdict

British Grand Prix – There were contrasting opinions from the top...
8y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Rosberg under investigation for Hamilton crash

Nico Rosberg is under investigation for his last-lap crash with teammate...
8y ago from Motorsport.com

Hamilton unstoppable at British Grand Prix

Lewis Hamilton won his home race at Silverstone in dominant fashion,...
8y ago from F1Technical.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marc Marquez dominates timed MotoGP practice in Le Mans

Ducati's Marc Marquez set a new all-time lap record as he dominated the...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez tops opening MotoGP practice session at...

Ducati's Marc Marquez responded to his crash at the Spanish Grand Prix by...
15h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar IMS GP – Qualifying Results

The third session of Friday’s marathon day on track for IndyCar was a...

Alex Palou blasts away to earn IndyCar pole at...

Friday afternoon on the Indianapolis road course was reserved for an...

Palou quickest in practice as IndyCar begins stint at...

The NTT IndyCar Series began the Indianapolis GP weekend with a chilly...
10h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal, Man United dealt £59.2m Viktor Gyokeres...

Arsenal and Manchester United reportedly suffer a setback in their efforts...
2h ago from SportsMole.co.uk

'Like a fan on social media' - Jamie Carragher slams...

Jamie Carragher has slammed Mikel Arteta for claiming that Arsenal were...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal reach agreement in principle to sign Barcelona...

Arsenal have reportedly reached an agreement to sign Martin Zubimendi amid...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Will Arsenal sack Martin Odegaard as their captain?...

Some recent rumors claim that Martin Odegaard could be stripped of the...
4h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Comments

Hottest News

Antonelli completes wet-tyre test outing at Silverstone

On the back of his remarkable performance at last... Read More »
1h ago from F1Technical.net

F1: Oakes saga takes a new twist

It has emerged that days before Oliver Oakes... Read More »
15h ago from Pitpass.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.