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Hartley 'had no warning' of suspension failure

Brendon Hartley said that the failure of the front left suspension on his Toro Rosso during final practice on Saturday morning has come as a complete shock to him. “It was very instantaneous,” he said. "There was no warning." The Kiwi was also perplexed by the cause of the dramatic failure, which sent him into the gravel at Brooklands. The car came close to digging in and rolling, but fortunately the halo device kept him safe as the car went into the barrier. “I didn’t hit any kerbs and there were no vibrations beforehand," he said. "[It happened] the moment that I hit the brake pedal. “Obviously I tried to fight the car, and slow it down as much as I could,...
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