Ferrari has confirmed that Felipe Massa’s accident in Sunday’s Monaco Grand Prix was the result of a suspension failure.
The Brazilian shunted heavily at Sainte Devote for the second successive day on Sunday, and despite the first incident in Saturday’s free practice session being put down to driver error, the team has announced on its official website that Massa’s race ending incident was due to suspension failure.
'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 statement read.
Team principal Stefano Domenicali also confirmed that Massa has some slight muscle pain, and his driver has had no side effects as a result of the accident.
"The best news to come out of the Monaco weekend is that Felipe is fine.
"Two big accidents, just over twenty fours apart and all he has to show for it is a bit of muscle pain.
“Fortunately there were no other injuries."
The Brazilian shunted heavily at Sainte Devote for the second successive day on Sunday, and despite the first incident in Saturday’s free practice session being put down to driver error, the team has announced on its official website that Massa’s race ending incident was due to suspension failure.
'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 statement read.
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Team principal Stefano Domenicali also confirmed that Massa has some slight muscle pain, and his driver has had no side effects as a result of the accident.
"The best news to come out of the Monaco weekend is that Felipe is fine.
"Two big accidents, just over twenty fours apart and all he has to show for it is a bit of muscle pain.
“Fortunately there were no other injuries."