Mercedes found no damage from Hamilton-Alonso contact

Mercedes have said the contact for Lewis Hamilton with Fernando Alonso at the Miami Grand Prix start did not result in any damage.

Hamilton took a whack from Alonso as the inaugural Miami Grand Prix got under way, causing him to suspect there was some damage to the left rear of his Mercedes.

Both drivers carried on after the wheel-to-wheel contact, with Mercedes crediting this characteristic for allowing Hamilton to escape with his W13 in full health.

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Speaking in Mercedes’ Miami Grand Prix debrief, technical director Mike Elliott, when asked if Hamilton had sustained damage in that Alonso collision, said: “The answer to that question is no, we don’t think so.

“The contact was wheel to wheel and as always, we have lots of engineers looking at the data that is pouring off the car, so the aerodynamicists are looking at pressure taps on the floors and wings, they are looking at the push-rod loads and our chief engineer will be looking at all the other suspension loads and making sure they are doing what they are supposed to be doing.

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“So we can very quickly tell whether there is an issue with the car and there was no issue to find.”

Hamilton went on to finish the Miami