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Hamilton retirement down to 'freak' failure - Wolff
Mercedes have blamed a 'freak' component failure for Lewis Hamilton's Singapore Grand Prix retirement, which cost the Briton a potential podium finish. Hamilton had been running fourth at the halfway point in the race but reported a sudden loss of power. He began dropping back down the field as he and the team frantically tried to fix the problem. After two laps he had dropped back to last but one when Mercedes finally chose to retire his car and save the engine. "We tried everything we could to resolve the loss of power while he was out on track but there was nothing we could do and we retired the car when that became clear," explained Mercedes chief Toto Wolff. "We had a...
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