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Rosberg changed driving style to avoid Oz GP DNF
Nico Rosberg was forced to change his driving style to avoid retiring from the lead of the 2016 Australian Grand Prix after picking up a brake problem with 27 laps remaining. The German inherited the lead from Sebastian Vettel on lap 34 of 57 in the red flag interrupted race, four laps after debris had lodged itself in the front-right brake duct and began to hamper the airflow to the brake caliper. With the caliper's temperature rising to what Mercedes refers to a 'almost critical levels', the team said it did consider retiring him despite his comfortable lead at the time, particularly as the restrictions on radio traffic meant it couldn't inform him of the issue. “Air normally flows...
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