The stewards acknowledged that the incident was unfortunate and unique. They noted that the removed wheel was held too close to the car and that Hulkenberg took a sharper angle of departure due to the car controller of the next team in the pit lane standing further out towards the fast lane than usual.
The stewards were impressed with the quality of the team’s investigations and report, as well as the corrective actions proposed by Haas to avoid similar incidents in the future. These corrective actions involve changes to procedures and crew positioning during pit stops.
