Mercedes has revealed the cause of former championship leader Nico Rosberg’s steering wheel failure in Singapore.<\/p>\n
The team said it carried out a “forensic analysis” of the problem after the recent night race and found that the steering column electronics had been “contaminated with a foreign substance”.<\/p>\n
“The contamination was not visible and did not manifest itself until Sunday as Nico went to the grid,” Mercedes said on Twitter.<\/p>\n
But in the context of the German’s bitter battle for the title with teammate Lewis Hamilton, Mercedes’ announcement on Twitter immediately set tongues wagging.<\/p>\n
“To clarify,” the Brackley based team insisted, “the contaminant was a substance used in normal pre-event servicing of the component.\u00a0 Not a conspiracy!”<\/p>\n
\u00a9 RIF | GMM<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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