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Mercedes: First Friday in Austria we were in deep trouble
Mercedes were fortunate to survive the 2020 Formula 1 season-opener in Austria with its sensor issue, says technical director James Allison. Despite ultimately winning the race with Valtteri Bottas, the Black Arrows struggled all weekend with vibrations going over the Red Bull Ring's kerbs, so much so that Allison suggested it caused a crisis back at the factory. 'The sensor issue we had in the first Austrian race was a really scary one,' he said in a fan Q&A on Mercedes' YouTube Channel. 'We finished that weekend hanging on by the very tips of our fingernails. It was not a comfortable experience at all and it wasn't comfortable because we knew on the Friday we were in deep trouble....
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