News Details

Hamilton can re-use power unit that failed in China

Formula 1 world champion Lewis Hamilton will be able to re-use the power unit whose failure sent him to the back of the starting grid at the last race in China, Mercedes said on Monday. The sport's dominant team said in a statement that a thorough investigation had been carried out at the factory last week with the energy recovery system stripped down. 'The issue is suspected to be associated with the insulation. The turbocharger will be replaced in addition to the oil pumps, after debris was found in the oil system,' the statement said. 'With the repairs completed, this Power Unit will remain in the driver pool and travel to Sochi (for this weekend's Russian Grand Prix) as a spare.'...
Full Story »
9y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Hamilton to re-use China qualifying engine

Lewis Hamilton will be able to re-use the power unit that failed in...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Assessing a power unit failure

Using Lewis Hamilton's Shanghai power unit failure as an example,...
9y ago from Pitpass.com

Hamilton's failed Chinese engine can still be used -...

Mercedes have confirmed that Lewis Hamilton's failed Chinese Grand...
9y ago from GrandPrixTimes.com

China tech debrief: How Red Bull pushed a Mercedes...

In the first part of the Chinese Grand Prix technical debrief, Giorgio...
9y ago from Motorsport.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar grows international broadcast offerings for...

The NTT IndyCar Series has announced that its already extensive global...

Alexander Rossi fastest as rain disrupts second...

The NTT IndyCar Series completed the second and final day of testing at...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Elfyn Evans wins Swedish showdown

Elfyn Evans and Scott Martin clinched victory on Rally Sweden which ended...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

“It’s not part of my vocabulary” - Mikel Arteta...

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has insisted that 'bottlers' is not a part of...
50m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Mikel Arteta fires back at ‘bottlers' tag as...

Arsenal are fighting for the Premier League title, but they have been...
7h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Mikel Arteta rules out ‘bottlers’ jibe but accepts...

t;li>‘It’s not part of my vocabulary. I wouldn’t use that...
7h ago from TheGuardian.com

Man United accelerate move for 'generational' talent,...

Manchester United are hoping to sign the Brazilian attacker Gabriel...
9h ago from CaughtOffside.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.