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Originally Posted by simmo
By the way did anybody see what happened in the pits with the wheel change? To me it looked like the guy with the nut was asleep, the guy with the gun looked away, looked back, goes for the nut but there's no nut and pit chief thinks all is ok when he sees the gun come out, releases Webber meanwhile the gun guy's miming the international signal for the wheels not on! Any different opinions/thoughts/evidence?
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Hi Simmo,
I had been waiting to see a report on what actually went wrong and this story
was published by the BBC on July 11th that makes mention of it -
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23269399
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Originally Posted by Andrew Beson, Chief F1 Writer, BBC
Meanwhile, the FIA has received a report from Red Bull explaining the cause of the incident which was blamed on human error.
Red Bull said the individual using the wheel gun's finger slipped on to the button he should press to indicate he is finished. That signals to the mechanics operating the jacks that they can lower the car, which triggers the driver to go.
As a consequence of the incident, Red Bull will introduce a safeguard on the technology in an attempt to prevent a repeat. Their report has been circulated to the other teams so they can instigate similar changes if they have similar systems.
The FIA has also introduced rule changes that will require personnel working on a car during a pit stop to wear head protection and reduce the pit lane speed limit from 100km/h (62mph) to 80km/h (49.7mph).
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Meantime it is good to read that Daniel Ricciardo has been given a chance today
at Silverstone to drive for Red Bull at this week's "young driver" test.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/formula1/23329482
If he does well, it would great to see him rewarded with the seat next season.
A short time ago, Christian Horner has hinted it is down to between Ricciardo and Raikkonen.
See
http://www1.skysports.com/formula-1/...d-Bull-in-2014