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Originally Posted by jesseborgelt
I had to watch it again after you mentioned the wheel breaking. That is not something you see often!
If I crashed a car and was embarrassed I would probably blame some mechanical part of the car too.
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That's ego, I have the same behavior. Sticky everything, gears, brakes, even tires are FREE to accuse
But commercial-wise, most often the sponsor(s) will request and pay for press conferences and interviews to be staged. Scripts in the lines of "mechanical failure" are 100% of the time used in any embarrassing scenario. Been in the business for a while to know.
The only 'mistake' allowed to be publically disclosed in professional (or sponsored) racing is to be passed by a faster racer. The rest is all mechanical failures. What else can it be.