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Latifi's engine woes started with avoiding Gasly

Nicholas Latifi's new Mercedes engine did not get off to the best of starts as he brought out the red flags in Baku. Mercedes and Ferrari introduced a new power unit for their cars and their customer teams for the Azerbaijan Grand Prix race weekend, meaning Latifi at Williams was one of the drivers who had the chance to test it out. But early in FP2 the recovery truck was needed to retrieve a stranded Latifi down at the Turn 15 run-off. The Canadian stated that the 'engine just died' over team radio. And once he returned to the paddock, Latifi confirmed that the engine had cut out for safety reasons, since it had overheated in the escape road. He had ended up there after trying to get out...
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