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Williams design a bit of car that can survive a Monaco weekend

Williams design a bit of car that can survive a Monaco weekend

 

According to his latest entry on Twitter, HRT driver, Karun Chandhok has been contacted by the Williams F1 team to confirm that despite him running over Rubens Barrichello’s steering wheel at 90 mph, that the £50,000 bit of kit survived… and still works.

Not only did Chandhok run over the wheel, discarded by an angry Rubens Barrichello after his shunt at Massenet, but he dragged it all the way down to the entrance to the tunnel where it came loose, only to be run over again, this time by Karun’s team mate, Bruno Senna.

After seeing two of his car’s totalled in the race, Sir Frank knows that at least one part is rock solid..

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