Aston Martin has confirmed a thorough analysis is taking place to discover the reason why Fernando Alonso's AMR25 suffered a dramatic suspension failure during the Italian Grand Prix.
Alonso was forced to retire for the fourth time this season after his car ran over a kerb out of the Ascari chicane that leads into the long straight ahead of the Parabolica at Monza after 24 laps.
It was a rare fault to occur on a modern-day F1 car, in particular, given the almost bulletproof reliability in such areas these days.
Alonso was naturally frustrated, especially after qualifying a superb eighth around a circuit where Aston Martin felt it would struggle, and the fact that he was on course for a points finish.
To investigate as swiftly as possible, the faulty parts were removed from the car and placed on a plane on Sunday night, rather than waiting for the car itself to return to the team's headquarters at Silverstone on Monday.
Confirming 'everything would be analysed', Krack said that nothing was evident via an initial trackside inspection.
"We didn't see anything," he said, speaking to the media, including RacingNews365. "It would be easy to say he [Alonso] went wide or anything, but we didn't see anything unusual, and that is why I think it's important to do this kind of analysis properly.
"It's easy to point to the driver. It's easy to point to any kind of incident. You need to stay factual in your observations.
"What we had to do is tell Lance [Stroll] to be careful in that area, and that is all you can do in such a situation, to make sure that the sister car goes a little bit carefully, even if it's not related."
Asked of Krack whether the team had reverted to an old suspension, he was instantly dismissive.
"For every team, safety comes first, and no team is gambling on any of that," he replied. "No team will use old suspension parts because you only hurt yourself. You have no points.
"The teams are so professional these days. You do not take any risk. There are safety factors."
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