Hamilton’s engine woes spell trouble for his Merc swan song

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SUZUKA – Lewis Hamilton's early season woes have been compounded by Mercedes confirming on Friday that the seven-time world champion has already lost one of his four allotted engines, meaning he could face grid penalties later in the season. Hamilton, in his final...

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Hamilton, in his final season with the Silver Arrows before he joins Ferrari next year, retired from the Australian Grand Prix after a sudden power unit failure, which was later determined to be terminal. “It is a very highly unusual failure that we have a hardware failure that we didn't see coming before. So yeah, we can't reuse that. And it depends how the season develops, whether we need one more or not. I can't really say at this stage."

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