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Mercedes forced to check 1200 parts following Spain crash

Mercedes are working hard to prepare two cars for the Monaco Grand Prix after Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg crashed out at the last event in Spain a week previously, with the team forced to check the structural integrity of 1200 parts before they can be used again. With Monaco practice on Thursday, the team have even less time to complete the task, coupled with the fact they can get through 100 parts a day, means they're having to work round the clock to get the cars rebuilt in time for the race weekend. 'Fortunately, these sort of incidents are very rare for us,' explained chief operating officer Rob Thomas. 'But when they do happen we have quite a good process...
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