The team boss said they will "be more careful" with rising brake temperatures after Magnussen’s sensors burned out and stopped relaying information to the pitwall.
As previously revealed, the brake temperatures rose because Magnussen was defending hard from Logan Sargeant, and had wound the bias to the rear.
That eventually tipped rear temperatures over the edge, which overheated the suspension, at which point the team lost data from the brakes as the sensors had burned out.
Magnussen’s engineer had just told him that he had to control temperatures when the left rear trackrod failed, sending him into the barrier.
"No, we didn't change anything,” said Steiner when asked by Autosport if there were any modifications on the cars to address the temperature issue.
“We just need to be more careful when it gets there, to brake more with the engine, brake-by-wire, or just to lift and coast. That's what we can do.
“It's little bit unfortunate, because it [the temperature] goes up, the brake doesn't fail, the sensors go out because of the heat, and then nobody knows anymore what is happening, and then the suspension was broken.
“Once it got going, it was very quick, that was the reason. The brake was obviously a little bit hot, all of a sudden, all the sensors are gone. And then then the suspension snaps."
Source: Autosport