News Details

Cooking process caused Haas wing failure

Haas suspects an unexpected complication in the 'cooking' of its carbon fibre front wing supports caused the failure that affected Romain Grosjean at the Barcelona Formula 1 test. Grosjean had completed 13 laps on the first day of running on Monday when the front wing of his car broke off, dropping underneath the car on the start-finish straight before being destroyed. Haas had to ship a strengthened new wing from supplier Dallara's headquarters on Tuesday so it could resume proper running on the second day of testing. Although investigations are ongoing to find the exact reason, team boss Gene Haas said that the issue related to the failure of aluminium supports, which may have come...
Full Story »
9y ago from Motorsport.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Guenther Steiner confirms Haas are flying in...

Haas F1 Team boss Guenther Steiner has explained the front wing failure...
9y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Haas returns with strengthened front wing

– Formula 1's latest new team, Haas, resumed its 2016 pre-season...
9y ago from GPUpdate.net

Haas ships strengthened front wing to Barcelona after...

Haas is shipping a new strengthened front wing for its Formula 1 car to...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Tech analysis: The 15 major design features of the...

Giorgio Piola and Matt Somerfield analyse the new Haas VF-16 and look at...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Gresini reveals extent of Alex Marquez's injuries...

Gresini Racing team manager Michele Masini revealed the extent of Alex...
47m ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marc Marquez triumphs to take Assen MotoGP race victory

Marc Marquez fended off race long pressure from Marco Bezzecchi to take...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar will not return to Thermal Club in 2026...

According to comments made by Thermal Club founder and owner Tim Rogers,...

Malukas’ recovery drive secures Foyt’s best team...

During Sunday’s IndyCar race at Road America, David Malukas was the...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Ott Tanak ends Hyundai’s victory drought

Ott Tanak and Martin Jarveoja clinched their and Hyundai’s first...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal reach personal terms agreement with LaLiga...

Arsenal have reportedly agreed personal terms with Valencia defender...
2h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Manchester United will have just 2 weeks to decide if...

Manchester United will only have two weeks to make a decision on their...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Barcelona Transfer News Roundup: Arsenal eyeing LaLiga...

Barcelona are preparing to upgrade their squad despite a near-flawless...
3h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal switch attention towards one of the fastest...

Arsenal wanted to sign Nico Williams during the summer transfer window,...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.