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Mercedes turned down overheating F1 engine in Mexico GP practice
Mercedes was forced to turn down its Formula 1 engine during practice for the Mexican Grand Prix “as a precaution” to combat overheating issues. Lewis Hamilton and teammate Valtteri Bottas struggled for pace throughout Friday’s running at the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriquez as Red Bull dominated proceedings. Mercedes ended the day with the seventh and ninth quickest times, having finished well over a second down on Max Verstappen’s session-leading time in FP2. 5774263478001 CrashTV: It has since emerged the reigning world champions faced overheating problems “in a number of areas” of its power unit as a result of the high level of strain placed on engines in Mexico due to...
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