Ferrari have revealed that Felipe Massa's hefty Ste Devote crash during Sunday's Monaco Grand Prix was due to suspension failure.
The Brazilian had crashed in near identical fashion on Saturday's free practice session but that was put down to driver error. Massa was taken to the local hospital after complaining of neck pain but was released later in the day.
Despite the similarities between the accidents, Ferrari said that the second of the two crashes was due to a right left suspension failure which catapulted Massa into the wall.
A statement from Ferrari explained the findings of their investigation, saying "The findings validated the first impressions of the engineers, confirming that the accident was caused by an element of the front left suspension breaking."
The team said that now they can start preparing for Canada: "With all the required inspections completed to analyse what happened at the Monegasque circuit, the car assembly department can now start work preparing the car for the Canadian Grand Prix."
Massa's car was destroyed in the first crash which occurred during Saturday mornings third and final practice session ahead of the race. The significance of the damage caused him to miss qualifying and start from the back of the grid. He had made steady progress through the field up until his crash on lap 29.
After two heavy impacts with the barrier, Team Principal Stefano Domenicali revealed that the best thing to come out of the weekend is a safe and uninjured Felipe Massa. "The best news to come out of the Monaco weekend is that Felipe is fine.
Two big accidents, just over twenty four hours apart and all he has to show for it is a bit of muscle pain. Fortunately there were no other injuries."
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Despite the similarities between the accidents, Ferrari said that the second of the two crashes was due to a right left suspension failure which catapulted Massa into the wall.
A statement from Ferrari explained the findings of their investigation, saying "The findings validated the first impressions of the engineers, confirming that the accident was caused by an element of the front left suspension breaking."
The team said that now they can start preparing for Canada: "With all the required inspections completed to analyse what happened at the Monegasque circuit, the car assembly department can now start work preparing the car for the Canadian Grand Prix."
Massa's car was destroyed in the first crash which occurred during Saturday mornings third and final practice session ahead of the race. The significance of the damage caused him to miss qualifying and start from the back of the grid. He had made steady progress through the field up until his crash on lap 29.
After two heavy impacts with the barrier, Team Principal Stefano Domenicali revealed that the best thing to come out of the weekend is a safe and uninjured Felipe Massa. "The best news to come out of the Monaco weekend is that Felipe is fine.
Two big accidents, just over twenty four hours apart and all he has to show for it is a bit of muscle pain. Fortunately there were no other injuries."
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