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Hamilton's brake change sets 'interesting precedent' - Horner

Lewis Hamilton changed his brake material after a failure in qualifying Getty Images Enlarge Christian Horner has called on the FIA to clarify why Lewis Hamilton was allowed to change brake material between qualifying and the race without having to start from the pit lane, saying it appears to have set a new precedent going forwards. After crashing out of qualifying with brake failure, Mercedes changed Hamilton's brake material from one supplied by Brembo to a different one from Carbon Industrie. The FIA accepted that the discs were similar in weight, inertia and function and therefore permitted the change within parc ferme regulations, which exist to stop teams changing the specification...
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