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“Mercedes, we know, had ways to recognise this was happening and get out of it, whereas certain others didn't.”

The Race, at 6:27 of “Why F1’s 2026 cars failed in the rain” on The Race’s channel.

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  1. 6:21 So we did see this difference between power unit manufacturers,
  2. 6:24 and this comes back to that use of that trick before, doesn't it?
  3. 6:27 Mercedes, we know, had ways to recognise this was happening and get out of it,
  4. 6:32 whereas certain others didn't.
  5. 6:34 Yeah, I think you've got an element of the cars that fell into it all were those that went slow.
  6. 6:39 The engine revs died, which was the trigger point for the software.

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