What was the mystery substance that ended Nico's race?

[GG33]

It has been reported that a mystery maintenance substance was found in the steering wheel of Nico's car and it was this that caused the short circuit that ended his race.
What is the mysterious 'maintenance substance'?

GG

[AndStilliRise]

I was thinking about this.

There can only be a number of liquids used on a F1 car.

1. Oil
2. Water
3. Cleaning products (Cleaning the bodywork)
4. Dew

.....? not sure what else it could be. They are under Parc Femme

[emicen]

Theres bound to be a steering column bearing near by and the release mechanism for the wheel itself. Both would be likley candidates for some fashion of silicon grease.

[FourWheelDrift]

AndStilliRise said:

I was thinking about this.

There can only be a number of liquids used on a F1 car.

1. Oil
2. Water
3. Cleaning products (Cleaning the bodywork)
4. Dew

.....? not sure what else it could be. They are under Parc Femme

Wee

[Crafty_]

emicen said:

Theres bound to be a steering column bearing near by and the release mechanism for the wheel itself. Both would be likley candidates for some fashion of silicon grease.

+1. The team said it was a substance used during normal assembly of the column. The contamination occurred in the factory and he'd been using the same column and wheel all weekend, the car was even ok when they fired it up on the Sunday morning, it only went wrong when they fired it up to put it on the grid.

[Europa1]

This was discussed on an earlier thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

[FunkyNige]

Europa1 said:

This was discussed on an earlier thread: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&a...

I think most people avoid a thread with a title like that! (title was "One for the conspiracy theorists")

[scubadude]

Knowing Merc there is a little barcode on each piece and you can track the maintenance history... Probably reads something like-

Steering Column, Mercedes F1 WO5 Hybrid 2014
Manufactured 14/12/2013, Service life- discard Nov 2014
Testing Method- ND Xray computed tomography
Test interval- 6hrs race use or 4 sessions.
Last Serviced by- LH
Reasons for service- Reliability check
Action- Personal application of arse crack hair and feaces
Next service due- 3/10/14

[Btccinsider]

Hamiltons man milk I suspect........

[marshall100]

Tigers pizzle.

[MartG]

WD40

[horza]

scubadude said:

Last Serviced by- LH

[Mini1275]

horza said:

scubadude said:

Last Serviced by- LH