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Williams failures caused by brake duct changes
Williams traced the root cause of its first practice problems at the Chinese Grand Prix to minor brake duct changes it had made for the demands of the Shanghai circuit. Felipe Massa suffered two identical left rear tyre failures during the opening practice session, forcing Williams to begin an urgent investigation to get to the bottom of what happened. After quickly concluding that rim failures were involved, a more detailed look at matters resulted in the team discovering the rims were getting broken by rubbing from the brake ducts. Once the team had sorted out the clearance, then the issues went away. Williams technical chief Pat Symonds told Motorsport.com: "The wheel rims failed...
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