F1 Italian GP: Wolff refuses to push blame for start problems

Toto Wolff says Mercedes will carry out a full investigation into its start clutch procedure back at its Brackley factory.

Toto Wolff says Mercedes will carry out a full investigation into its start clutch procedure back atജ its Brackley factory and is confident his team ꦿwill solve the issue before the next race in Singapore.

Lewis Hamilton suffered a poor blast off the start line and dropped from his pole positi𓄧on and 💯down to sixth at the exit of the first chicane which compromised his race at Monza but did recover to second place behind team-mate Nico Rosberg.

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Despite securing its fourth 1-2 finish of the year, of which Rosberg has led ho🎃me three, Wolff is keen for Mercedes to understand why it keeps becoming exposed to poor starts with its single clutch 🅺system.

Both Rosberg and Hamilton have suffered bad starts this year with the single clutch, a technical regulation chang🌞e for 2016, but has refused to point th▨e finger of blame at any particular problem.

"The reason the rules were changed last year was to give more responsibility to the 🔴driver and make it more variable," Wolff said. "But it's just what happens, you have good starts and bad starts, and I think our system has improved a lot. But obviously today machine and driver got it wrong.

"We can see is that it is a procedural thing so I don't want to blame anybody. Neither Lewis, nor the engineers, nor the systems. I think we have to properly address that topic because it cost him a race and I think we all need to stick the heads together to av𒁏oid that for him and the team.


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