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Red Bull pressure led to Hamilton's engine failure - Marko
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Helmut Marko believes Lewis Hamilton’s Mercedes engine failure at the Malaysian Grand Prix came as a result of the Briton having to push to hold off the charging Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen. Hamilton was some 20 seconds ahead of the two team-mates when his power unit went up in flames. But with Verstappen on a different strategy, the Dutchman did not have to pit again when the lead Mercedes had to make a second stop. “We clearly had the upper hand [in the race]!” long-time Red Bull motorsport advisor Marko told the official Formula 1 website. “My guess is that we very likely forced [Hamilton] into that engine failure!” “We permanently put...
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