News Details

MGU-K failure costs Mercedes running in Barcelona

+ Mercedes has been forced to call a premature halt to its testing programme on the first day of the final pre-season test at the Circuit de Catalunya. Lewis Hamilton was fastest in a rain-affected morning session, and managed to complete 48 laps before the hybrid system on the Mercedes W06 developed a problem. Mercedes investigated the issue and found it was a MGU-K failure, forcing the team to cut short up its day of running with an hour still remaining. Nico Rosberg is scheduled to take over from Hamilton on Friday as testing continues at the Spanish circuit. Image courtesy of Octane Photographic
Full Story »
11y ago from RichlandF1.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes announces line-up for third test

– Reigning Constructors' Champions Mercedes has confirmed its...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

Barcelona gearing up for final pre-season test

The final pre-season test gets underway this Thursday at the Circuit de...
11y ago from TheCheckeredFlag....

Final pre-season test: Barcelona line-up

Pirelli Media The final pre-season test at the Circuit de...
11y ago from F1Zone.net

Line-up for final Barcelona test

Teams will return to Barcelona's Circuit de Catalunya this week for...
11y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Takuma Sato makes Indy 500 return with RLL

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing has announced that Takuma Sato will drive...

Helio Castroneves confirms return for 26th...

Helio Castroneves has confirmed that he will take part in the upcoming...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Leon Osman makes huge Arsenal quadruple claim after...

Former Everton star Leon Osman has backed Arsenal to win a historic...
1h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Partey intends to deny two charges of rape, court told

Former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey intends to deny two new...
2h ago from SkySports.com

'Always shine on the biggest stages', 'Worth every...

Arsenal fans have hailed midfielder Eberechi Eze for his showing as they...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Record-breaker Dowman puts Arsenal nine points clear...

Max Dowman became the youngest scorer in Premier League history as his...
2h ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

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.