Mercedes has traced the blow-up of Lance Stroll's brand-new phase 2 engine in Canada to a spark plug failure, an issue the manufacture has since addressed. Mercedes introduced its first engine upgrade of the season in Montreal, with the new unit supplied to its works cars as well as to Williams and Racing Point's drivers. Stroll's engine failed in FP3, igniting concerns in the German camp that the Canadian driver's issue - the cause of which was unknown at the time - could spread to all of Mercedes' phase 2 units. Hamilton: Ferrari power mode out of reach of Mercedes The weekend unfolded without any further drama however, while investigative work by Mercedes' HPP engine department in...
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