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Whiting ‘perplexed' by Ferrari's pit stop issue
FIA race director Charlie Whiting was left 'perplexed' by Ferrari's pit stop blunder in Bahrain in which the rear left tyre wasn't changed and Kimi Raikkonen hit his mechanic. This year's championship has already seen three drivers retire from races because of pit stop issues. In Australia both Haas drivers were released with loose wheels while in Bahrain Raikkonen was forced to stop in the pits as his rear left tyre hadn't even been changed. 'The two instances in Melbourne were quite clearly wheel gun operator error,' Whiting told the Express. 'They cross-threaded the nuts, thought it was tight, came off, then realised a little bit too late that it wasn't. 'The guy hadn't even taken the...
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