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Crossing the white line: Malaysia
- Updated: October 3, 2016
It is all about Mercedes…
The engine failure that could decide a championship Lining up on the Malaysian Grand Prix Lewis Hamilton trailed Nico Rosberg by eight points in the race for this year’s World title.
40 laps later he was up by five points as he was on track to score 25 points to Rosberg’s 12 having pulled well clear of the battling Red Bulls.
One lap later he was down by 23 and with no hope of recovering – at least for this Sunday.
An engine failure put Hamilton out of the Malaysian Grand Prix, elevated Rosberg to third in the race, and could yet prove to be the result that decides the championship.
Mercedes have confirmed that the blow-out, which came with flames and smoke, was caused by an internal combustion engine failure.
It was just the latest bout of bad luck, and bad reliability that has befallen Hamilton.
“For some reason, which is completely unrelated to intention or any individual performance, a number of things have fallen on Lewis’ car, far more than any of the others,” Mercedes technical chief Paddy Lowe acknowledged to Sky …
