News Details

Hamilton to re-use Australian GP engine

Lewis Hamilton has confirmed that he will re-use his Australian Grand Prix power unit in Malaysia, despite it forcing him to retire after just two laps. The Briton suffered a cylinder failure before the start of the race which meant his car was down on power, explaining why he fell down the field at the start before the team called him in to retire. Mercedes hoped to fix the engine, as drivers are limited to just five this season before incurring a grid penalty. Hamilton says they'll re-install the unit for first practice to analyse whether the issue has been fixed, but wasn't sure whether or not they'll use the unit in the race. "I'm told that we are going to start with the engine we...
Full Story »
11y ago from TheF1Times.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Renault: Most of power-unit problems fixed

Renault Sport F1 says the majority of the problems with its V6 Turbo...
11y ago from RichlandF1.com

Renault anticipating further issues in Malaysia

Whilst Renault are confident they're catching up with their rivals, Remi...
11y ago from TheF1Times.com

Malaysian heat to truly test power unit cooling

The Malaysian Grand Prix will prove a far harder test of cooling and...
11y ago from TheF1Times.com

Renault claim most problems with engine now fixed

Remi Taffin After a torrid preseason and a problem packed weekend in...
11y ago from GrandPrix247.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Phoenix – Qualifying Results

IndyCar’s busy Friday continued with a single-car, two-lap qualifying...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Leave them in League One', 'Have to be sold ASAP' -...

Arsenal fans have slammed Gabriel Jesus and Gabriel Martinelli despite...
54m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal looking to reinforce squad with 100m...

Arsenal have stepped up their pursuit of Newcastle United midfielder...
34m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Youthful Arsenal survive against Mansfield to make FA...

A youthful Arsenal survived a major scare against League One Mansfield to...
1h ago from SkySports.com

'We could lose him' – Ray Parlour predicts...

Former Arsenal midfielder Ray Parlour has made it clear that Gabriel Jesus...
4h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

FIA announce late Mercedes penalty verdict after front row...

The FIA have confirmed a late penalty verdict for... Read More »
6h ago from GPFans.com

F1: Rivals call out Mercedes BS

Lewis Hamilton leads the way as rivals accuse... Read More »
1h ago from Pitpass.com

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.