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Mercedes takes action after Hamilton failure
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Mercedes has put precautions in place at the Japanese Grand Prix to protect against repeat power unit failures following Lewis Hamilton's retirement in Malaysia. Hamilton retired from the lead with 16 laps remaining at Sepang, dropping him 23 points behind team-mate Nico Rosberg in the championship standings. Mercedes has now found which part failed on Hamilton's car but has had to take precautions - including the delay of customer engines - as it doesn't fully understand the cause yet. "Our analysis has shown that Lewis’ engine suffered a big-end bearing failure," a team spokesman said. "This happened without warning after 618km and was preceded by...
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