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Mercedes reveals cause of radio meltdown
Mercedes has revealed that a cracked fibre optic cable was the cause of the pitwall meltdown that left it with patchy team radio and lack of data during the Hungarian Grand Prix. Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas' efforts at the Hungaroring were compromised when Mercedes lost much of its communications and data systems. And although it managed to muddle through, thanks to extra help from its engineers back in Britain, the team was slightly compromised in terms of being able to capitalise on the difficult situation Ferrari found itself in. Asked if the team had got to the bottom of what happened on the pit wall, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff said: "It was a local hardware issue. We found a...
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