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Thorough tyre investigation at Williams

The BMW WilliamsF1 team has been testing at Monza all week trying to understand what caused their recurrent tyre problems during the Turkish Grand Prix, which ultimately ruined both drivers' races. 

"To address the tyre incidents that we experienced in Istanbul, we have worked through all the possible variables, such as pressure and camber, with Michelin," WilliamsF1 technical director Sam Michael said. "In the Williams R&D labs at Grove we also performed some loaded tyre tests to check what type of deflections the tyres would have seen during the lap. Finally, at the test in Monza last week, we went through various trims of the bodywork to ensure that there is no possibility for the tyre to touch anything on the car. We also worked through cooling levels, brake set-ups and tyre evaluations to select the optimum configuration for the FW27 in preparation for the race."

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