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Kravitz finds new Hamilton disqualification theory: 'Vasseur said this out of nowhere'
Ted Kravitz seems to have stumbled upon the reason behind Lewis Hamilton's disqualification from the offical race results of the Chinese Grand Prix, with team principal Frederic Vasseur's 'out of nowhere' comments.
Speaking on Sky Sports F1 News, Kravitz saw Vasseur and went up to speak to him, when the Frenchman, according to the British journalist, addressed the disqualification issue with 'out of nowhere' statements.
'Carried over from testing in Bahrain'
"He (Vasseur, ed.) was just hanging around by the TV pen, probably waiting for someone more important with an actual confirmed meeting time with Fred Vasseur.
"I just went up to him and said: 'How are you doing?'
"And kind of out of nowhere, he said two things: first of all, Lewis' race performance in Melbourne was really compromised from not really having a practice race in Bahrain testing, where we had a technical problem which stopped [him] doing the race [simulation].
Downplaying the reason behind Hamilton's disqualification, Vasseur added. "I don’t think it's insignificant that the plank wear thing happened in the first dry race.
"I have a feeling it’s something carried over from Bahrain testing where they didn’t manage to do a race simulation and the first dry race that Lewis has had was the Chinese Grand Prix and then they discover this thing."