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MERCEDES: The BOTTAS collision may hinder the DEVELOPMENT of the car

The accident between George Russell and Valtteri Bottas at the Emilia Romagna GP race in Imola could have major consequences for the development of Mercedes. The reason lies in the budget ceiling.

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Instead of spending money on manufacture of new parts and further car development, will have to Mercedes now pay for this accident and repair Bottas car and front wings Hamilton.

As is well known, they are Russell in Bottas staged a serious accident in Imola. No one has been punished for this act by the Commissioners, although they are opinions divided here, but the bill will still have to be paid. This is especially painful for Mercedes, because the front wings were also written off before this collision Lewis Hamilton. Chief of Engineers Andrew Shovlin is aware that this will be a problem. “When you have a series of such incidents with quite a bit of damage, it’s bad for us. We also had Lewis front wings, so this will definitely exceed the amount we calculated for it."

In addition to Bottas' "total", Hamilton also did some damage to the Mercedes front wing.

Shovlin continues: “In an ideal world, you want to be able to use these parts indefinitely and not destroy them,”So British for colleagues from Autosport. com. Problem in season 2021 so it is, yes Mercedes he can't anymore unlimited to make new parts and because of this it cannot be so easily developed further. “Eventually, this will become a big problem and could affect the team budget and the development of the car. We need to be more careful in the future,”Concluded the concerned chief engineer of the team Mercedes.         

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