News Details

Merc: Leak damaged Nico engine

Toto Wolff has admitted Mercedes have a "big question mark" over their new engines at the Italian GP with the cause of the failure on Nico Rosberg' unit still unknown. The world champions suffered a rare reliability glitch at Monza on Saturday after what has been described as an "undiagnosed problem" on the brand-new engine in Rosberg's W06 prompted an unexpected switch ahead of qualifying.  With Lewis Hamilton's engine problem-free, the world champion kept the upgraded unit and enjoyed a trouble-free qualifying session, topping all three segments to claim his seventh pole in a row. However, speaking several hours after the end of qualifying, Wolff confirmed...
Full Story »
9y ago from SkySports.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton's engine gets all-clear for Monza race

Lewis Hamilton has been told that his new-specification engine has been...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

New-spec power unit for Merc

Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg will have a new spec-power unit at this...
9y ago from PlanetF1.com

Rosberg forced to revert to old-spec engine

Nico Rosberg has been forced to revert to the old specification of...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Rosberg reverts to old-spec power unit

– Nico Rosberg has been forced to switch back to the...
9y ago from GPUpdate.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Liberty Media completes 4.3 billion takeover of...

Two weeks on from receiving unanimous EU approval, Liberty Media...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Honda confirms Jorge Martin ‘an option’ for 2026...

Honda Team Manager Alberto Puig has reiterated its interest in signing...
14h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Kyle Kirkwood runs to the top in opening IndyCar...

The NTT IndyCar Series returned to action on Friday, completing a...

Christian Rasmussen handed six-place IndyCar grid...

IndyCar officials have handed Christian Rasmussen a six-place grid...

Feature: Evaluating IndyCar’s hybrid power system...

The NTT IndyCar Series introduced its long-developed hybrid system in the...

RLL having to ‘unwind’ and ‘backtrack’...

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing is making a concerted effort to move...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Oliver Solberg goes Rally1 – Sebastien Ogier enters...

After dominant victories in WRC2 in Rally Sweden, Portugal and most...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Report: Arsenal's striker target ‘is now clear'...

It is becoming increasingly clear that Arsenal’s summer striker search...
4h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Report: Crystal Palace could look to sign an Arsenal...

Arsenal have been linked with a move for Eberechi Eze from Crystal Palace,...
8h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Romano confirms 'contacts are taking place' for...

Arsenal are hoping to sign Noni Madueke from Chelsea during the summer...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Journalist feels Arsenal are 'going to lose' player...

Arsenal attacker Ethan Nwaneri could be on his way out of the club during...
11h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

F1 2025 British Grand Prix – FP2 Results

Lando Norris topped the timing sheets in FP2 for... Read More »
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Max Verstappen confirms major 2026 decision

Max Verstappen has confirmed his plans for 2026... Read More »
9h ago from GPFans.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.