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Marko: We forced that Mercedes engine failure!
Much has been written about Lewis Hamilton's engine failure that cost him certain victory at the Malaysian Grand Prix, with Red Bull consultant Helmut Marko now throwing a spanner in the works by claiming pressure from his team resulted in the Mercedes engine going up in smoke. Marko told the official F1 website, “We clearly had the upper hand! My guess is that we very likely forced [Mercedes] into that engine failure!” “We permanently put pressure on him, challenging his lead, as he knew he had to create a gap – and to go permanently full throttle was probably not the best thing for his engine.” “But even without him retiring we had some things up our sleeves – I will not...
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