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'Wheel spacer' blamed for Magnussen accident
Kevin Magnussen's premature end to pre-season testing was the result of a problematic wheel spacer causing damage to the right rear rim, the Haas F1 team has revealed. Magnussen crashed out at the exit of turn 7 after completing just four laps on Friday afternoon, on the final day of the first week of testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya. His right-rear tyre was punctured, sending the VF-20 spinning into the gravel and impacting the barriers, damaging the car but leaving Magnussen unharmed. "An issue with the wheel spacer damaging the rim was ultimately found to be the cause of the sudden tyre deflation," the team reported after conducting an investigation into the...
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