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Mercedes: Lewis' engine suffered a big-end bearing failure
Mercedes have revealed the cause of Lewis Hamilton's engine blow out which caused him to retire from the Malaysian Grand Prix while he led comfortably and ultimately cost him victory, while dropping him 23 points behind the leader in the championship title race. Following analysis of the engine failure, a Mercedes spokesperson said, 'Our analysis has shown that Lewis' engine suffered a big-end bearing failure. This happened without warning after 618 km and was preceded by a loss of oil pressure in Turn 15.' Hamilton will thus use the engine from the Singapore Grand Prix at this weekend's Japanese Grand Prix, and the world champion still has one new engine for the remaining five rounds. N...
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