The cause of Kevin Magnussen’s scary race-ending Mexico City GP shunt revealed

Haas boss Guenther Steiner has confirmed that the cause of Kevin Magnussen’s race-ending crash at the Mexico City Grand Prix was “heat-related”, resulting in suspension failure.
Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas VF-23 crashed out of the race. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 20, Mexican Grand Prix, Mexico
Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas VF-23 crashed out of the race. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd…

Magnu😼ssen suffered a heavy crash on Lap 34 of the race in Mexico, resulting in a brief red flag stoppage as marshalls were for💖ced to repair the barrier.

The Dane’s rear-suspension broke when coming up to the sweeping be🦄nds in the middle section of the track.

Magnussen’s Haas was completely ♑destroyed, cꦅapping off a dismal day for the team.

Steiner said afteꦰr the race: “With Kevin, he🏅 had a suspension failure, so we need to dig into why that happened, but it seems to be heat related – we need to check. It was a tough day again, but it’s not all negative.”

The damaged Haas VF-23 of Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas F1 Team, who crashed out of the race. Formula 1 World Championship,
The damaged Haas VF-23 of Kevin Magnussen (DEN) Haas F1 Team, who crashed out of the race…

Reflecting on the i💛ncident, Magnussen revealed that he got “a knock on his hands” from the crash.

“I crཧashed after having a rear left suspension failure,” Magnussen explained. “It happened in a bad place and I hit the wall, so I got a knock on my hands and they hurt a little bit, but they’re fine.

“We have to investigate a bit moreꦫ what exactly happened as it just gave up.

“Before that, it 🦹was going okay, I was stuck in traffic for a long time and cooked my tyres, but I don’t know if whatever caused the failure had an impact for a while beforehand.”

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