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Clutch issue caused Mercedes’ poor start in Canada

Clutch issue caused Mercedes’ poor start in Canada Mercedes duo blamed an ongoing issue with their clutch for the slow start off the line which resulted lost Nico Rosberg’s podium finish at Canadian GP. Sebastian Vettel got the jump on pole-sitter Hamilton and Rosberg’s on the start, which turned out a slight contact between Mercedes duo at turn 1 and it’s sending the German off the track and back down the field to 10th. It was not the first incident this season of poor starts Hamilton and Rosberg. Following latest trouble at Canada, Mercedes is going to investigate and try to understand why. 'The clutch was warm, had low torque, so I let the clutch out and it didn't deliver the...
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