Mercedes have confirmed in a joint statement with Brembo that it was the interaction between the structure of the brake material and the brake mounting in question, that caused the failure for Hamilton in Qualifying in Germany. The team says the quality of the disc material was not a contributory factor, and that countermeasures have been applied to both “the disc geometry and the mounting to ensure that there is no repeat of the failure.”

The team adds, “these developments allow the team to once again run the Brembo brake disc material, should it choose to do so, in race conditions.” Of course we know Lewis Hamilton favours the Brembo brakes over the Carbon Industries due to their instant bite, as opposed to the latter which requires temperature. This is perhaps reflected in his Qualifying performance yesterday, were Lewis actually glazed the brake disc during his Q3 runs because of the lack of temperature he was putting into them.

So Brembo have been cleared of any wrong doing as far as they are concerned, however this still doesn’t explain the string of failures that have occurred throughout the season so far for some teams, particularly now the brake manufacturer introduced a new material designed to help aid with the extra emphasis put on the brakes this year, due to the energy recovery systems.