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Mercedes: These things happen and it’s all part of testing

Mercedes: These things happen and it's all part of testing 6 February, 2013 Lewis Hamilton Mercedes W04 Lewis Hamilton's first day of testing for Mercedes AMG Petronas was brought to an early conclusion today by a technical problem on the F1 W04. Lewis completed 15 laps this morning before suffering a loss of rear brake pressure The front brakes enabled him to slow the car however he could not avoid hitting the barrier The problem was traced to the hydraulic brake line connecting to the right-rear calliper The team did not go out for the remainder of the day as work continued to complete the required repairs Lewis Hamilton: We had a good start but then unfortunately we had a failure which...
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