Mercedes confirms cause of Hamilton’s Brazil power unit issue
Mercedes has con💛firmed the cause of Lewis Hamilton’s power unit issue in the closing stages of the Brazilian Grand Prix, with a full r🐷eview set to take place following Friday’s practice running in Abu Dhabi.
Hamilton took his 10th victory of the season at Interlagos two weeks ago, but concerns were sparked in the closing stages of the race due to an apparent power unit probl𝓀em.
Mercedes has confirmed the cause of Lewis Hamilton’s power unit issue in the closing stages of the Braz🐬ilian Grand Prix, with a full review set to take place following Friday’s practice running in Abu Dhaꦗbi.
Hamilton 𒅌took his 10th victory of the season at Interlagos two weeks ago, but concerns were sparked in the closing stages of the race due to an apparent power unit problem.
Mercedes F1 boss Toto Wolff revealed Hamilton’s engine was 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:one lap away from failin🤪g at one stage, prompting the team to make a number♌ of setting chꦜanges.
“The problem in Brazil was caused by a failure in the variable inlet system that caused unstable combustion,” a Mercedes spokesman confirmed on Frida꧑y after the start of practice in Abu Dhabi.
“Engine settings were changed to cওontain the risk of failure/maximise performance during the race.”
Hamilton will use the same power unit for Friday’s practice r🃏unning in Abu Dhabi to give Mercedes the chance to review it and consider whether it can be used for the rest of the race weekend.
“We have made hardware changes outsꦛi✨de the sealed perimeter and we are running that engine (PU3) today,” Mercedes said.
“Data will be reviewed after FP2 to make suဣre all is OK."
