A charging Nigel Mansell, in the iconic Williams FW14B, chased down Ayrton Senna who inherited the lead after
a loose wheel nut forced Mansell to pit.
However, Fernando Alonso's first day back at work did not get off to the best of starts again after
a loose wheel nut saw him spin violently off into the gravel and be restricted to just 10 laps of running in the morning session.
On the very first day,
a loose wheel nut caused Fernando Alonso to spin off, and an exhaust issue curtailed Vandoorne's running on day two.
Had I neglected
the loose wheel nuts and examined only the engine and transmission and decided they were fine, my double neglect could have gotten myself and my passenger killed.
Not exact matches
Just six laps into testing, Fernando Alonso found himself in the gravel after a
wheel nut came
loose, setting back the team's testing programme.
He would have won the sixth at Monaco in May if a
wheel nut had not become
loose near the end of the race.
Tighten up
loose bolts Bicycles are held together entirely by
nuts and bolts, so before heading out on a two -
wheeled jaunt, make sure all hardware is secure — but not too tight.
But a
loose nut behind the steering
wheel could help prove this wrong.
Put the
wheel nuts in
loose (enough to stop
wheel falling off completely) and drive around over some bumps.
Turns out the
nuts had worked
loose on that
wheel and one of them had even broken the bolt it was on.
For you, the car was not steering well and you looked at the engine and transmission and maybe even checked your coolant level without ever considering whether any of the
nuts on any of the
wheels were
loose.