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Statement about Timo´s incident in Hockenheim |
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Friday, 01 August 2008 |
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Following
Timo Glock’s incident during the German Grand Prix at Hockenheim,
Toyota Motorsport initiated a thorough investigation.
This
initially established that a rear toelink (trackrod) gave way causing
Timo to lose control of the car, but confirmed that there were no
exceptional circumstances before or during the incident in the German
Grand Prix.
Further
investigation has established that damage sustained in the British
Grand Prix two weeks earlier was the cause. During that race
Timo suffered several incidents.
As
is normal practice, some parts from the British Grand Prix were carried
over to Hockenheim, including most of the rear right suspension.
Although the parts were subjected to the normal test and screening
process following the Silverstone race and passed fit for use at
Hockenheim, it has become apparent that it did not identify an issue
which subsequently led to the incident at Hockenheim.
As
a result of this investigation, Toyota Motorsport has revised its
inspection processes to include such cases and is extremely confident
there will be no repeat.
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