Among the thousand fronts of discussion that opened up during the controversial weekend of Interlagos there was not even a controversy that arose from the world of social media and which saw as protagonist – just for a change – the Mercedes. After the Brazilian race, several Twitter users circulated video footage taken from Hamilton’s on-board camera in which the British driver would appear move the steering wheel back and forth when braking. This was the key feature of the ingenious DAS system, introduced and used throughout last year by the silver arrows, but which was banned for 2021.
Mercedes responded clearly to these assumptions, defining them “conspiracy theories”And reiterating that the only movement made by the steering wheel of the two W12s is from right to left and vice versa. The DAS in 2020 provided that the driver, via a button, could move the steering wheel forwards or backwards, thus changing the convergence of the front wheels to generate temperature on the tires. The system was mainly used in the pre-race training lap and during the Safety Car regime. Asked about it during the Losail press conference, however, Hamilton denied any erratic movement on the part of its steering wheel.
“THEThe steering column does not move back and forth “ commented the seven-time world champion to a question posed by the site RacingNews365.com, who first raised the issue. But Hamilton also acknowledged that there was actually some problem with the steering column in Brazil. “I think there was a bit of ‘play’ on Saturday – explained the Englishman – but less than a millimeter, probably. I don’t like it – he concluded – so they had to change the column. From then on there was no more play. We had the DAS last year. Now we don’t have it “.
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