Haas will try new brake materials from Brembo at the Mexican Grand Prix as it bids to get on top of the failures that have dogged its season. Brembo is continuing its investigation into what caused Esteban Gutierrez’s disc failure in Austin last weekend, which cost the Mexican a chance of fighting for the points. While there is no firm answer yet as to what happened – and whether the causes are similar to the brake issues suffered by the team in Bahrain, Malaysia and Japan – it has been decided that a new action plan will be put in place this weekend. Haas is to evaluate a new carbon material, and is planning some brake modifications too – as it hopes that the tweaks will be enough...
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