Mercedes still in the dark over Lewis Hamilton’s engine after “catastrophic loss”
Merce𓆏des are still unsure of what caused Lewis Hamilton's retirement at the Australian Grand Prix.
Mercedes still don’t know what caused 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Lewis Hamilton’s engine failure at the Australian Grand Prix.
Hamilton’s Mercedes ground🍸 to a halt on Lap 17 of 🅺Sunday’s Australian GP, capping off a miserable weekend for the seven-time world champion.
Things got worse for Mercedes on the final lap when 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:George Russell crashed out while battling 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Fernando Alonso for sixth.
It means Mercedes have endure🎉d their worst start to a campaign since 2012, while Hamilton's𝓡 points tally of eight is the lowest he's scored after three rounds in his F1 career.
Speaking on Mer🃏cedes post-race debrief, technical director James Allison revealed that the team doesn’t know the actual cause of Hami🌠lton’s failure.
“We do not,” he said. “The Pow♔er Units will return to the safe hands of the guys at Brixworth, who will be able to figure out what let go.
“All we know i💖s the symptoms at the time, which 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 bes🅠t thing you can do for the future is kill it there and then.
“And then you 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 f💝or 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 risk that happens on any other engine is mitigated as best we can.”
It’s very rare for Hamilton - and Merced❀es - to be hit with engine trouble.
Since the middle of 2018, Hamilton has been forced to retire just twice (Abu Dhabi 2022; Australia 2ཧ024) with technical issues.
“DNFs are thankfully a rare thing for us,” Allison added. “We have drivers who are particularly good at keeping it on the island and our reliability overall is a str🎶ong 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 pa💫ce because if you get the pace sorted out t🀅he season will be okay whatever happens. 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 knowing that t🅘hose ﷽other foundations are in decent shape.”
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