I don't think that's the case. From Ant Davidson's analysis of the switch positions from the on-board camera, it appeared that Nico set off with the engine mode selector in a different position to the previous race.
Exactly! Rosberg himself said he was in the incorrect mode. It was his mistake that he chose the incorrect setting.
Honestly they shouldn't have signed the deal last year & this way we’d go back to ‘normal’ cars for ‘25 & ‘26, would’ve made things a little less complicated with all the infrastructure and so on (...
I risked more than the others today, says Charles Leclerc.
Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc stated that his impressive form was down to the fact that he pushed more today than the others as he expects...
toyota to build rally3 cars? https://rallyjournal.com/details-emerge-on-toyotas-major-wrc-project/
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