Mercedes still in the dark over Lewis Hamilton’s engine after “catastrophic loss”
Mercedes are still unsure of what caused Lewis Ham♏ilton's retirement at the Australian Grand Prix.
Mercedes still don’t know what caused 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s engine failure at the Australian Grand Prix.
Hamilton’s Mer♓cedes ground to a halt on Lap 17 of Sunday’s Australian GP, capping off a mis🌄erable weekend for the seven-time world champion.
Things got worse for Mercedes on the final lap when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell crashed out while battling 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso for sixth.
It means Mercedes have endured their wors⛄t start to a campaign since🌱 2012, while Hamilton's points tally of eight is the lowest he's scored after three rounds in his F1 career.
Spe💛aking on Mercedes post-race debrief, technical director James Allison revealed that th💮e team doesn’t know the actual cause of Hamilton’s failure.
“We do not,” he said. “The Power Units will return to the safe hands of the guy♈s at Brixworth, who will be able to figure out what let go.
“All we know is the symptoms at the time, ౠwhich was a rapid loss of oil pressure followed by a shutdown of the 🐬engine to protect it because when you know you've got catastrophic loss like that, the best thing you can do for the future is kill it there and then.
“And then y𒁃ou have not just got like a load of molten metal. You have normally got a fairly clear evidence chain of what caused it. And then that lets you work better for the future.
“So, we do not know yet, Brixworth and HPP will do in short order. And no doubt as soon as we know then they will jump in with their characteristic energy to make sure that any r♔isk that happens on any 𒅌other engine is mitigated as best we can.”
It’s veryಞ rare for Hamilton - and Mercedes - to be hit with engine troub🍸le.
Since the middl꧅e of 2018, Hamilton has been forced🌄 to retire just twice (Abu Dhabi 2022; Australia 2024) with technical issues.
“DNFs are thankfully a rare thing for us,” Allison add𓆉ed. “We have driveꦿrs who are particularly good at keeping it on the island and our reliability overall is a strong point. It is unusual to have a double DNF like that. It is certainly not something we expect to punctuate our season.
“What we are more focused on is the pace because if you get the pace sorted out the season will be okay whatever hap🌠pens. The baseline reliability of the car, our procedural approach to it and the skill of our drivers will tend to keep you clear of DNFs.
“All ♏our focus is on the pace k𝓀nowing that those other foundations are in decent shape.”
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