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Hamilton takes fifth power unit

Lewis Hamilton fears he will start at the back of the grid twice before the season is over after taking his fifth power unit at the Austrian GP. The Brit has encountered plenty of reliability problems in 2016 with his latest engine malfunction occurring in Baku because he was in the wrong mode. That meant a new power unit for Hamilton and a sixth would incur hefty grid penalties, depending on how many components he changes, while he fears even more replacements will be needed with 13 races remaining. "I had engine failure after the last race so I lost another engine and I'm down to one," he told Sky Sports F1. "I knew it was going to happen because I knew we were going to...
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