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Sauber: Vacuum collapsed Nico's fuel cell
Sauber have introduced measures to ensure that the collapsed fuel cell that sidelined Nico Hulkenberg in Australia won't happen again.
The German, who had qualified 11th for the season-opening grand prix, was not able to take to the grid after the fuel cell in his C31 collapsed.
According to team boss Monisha Kaltenborn, "factors" led to a vacuum inside the structure damaging it.
She told Autosport: "What happened was that many factors led to the creation of a vacuum in the fuel cell - so it collapsed on itself.
"That damaged the fuel cell. The engineers already had a good understanding of it in Melbourne. We tested some things there and had some tests in Hinwil....
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