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Mercedes fixes flaw in Hamilton's failed engine
The part that caused Lewis Hamilton's retirement in Australia was worth less than a single euro.
Germany's Auto Motor und Sport reports that the only issue with the British driver's Mercedes engine was a small hole in the rubbery insulation of a spark plug.
Hamilton's engine subsequently dropped from six to five functioning cylinders, and so the Brackley team asked him to retire in order to protect the unit from further damage.
"I was sent a photo of the part on the plane home on Sunday night," the team's engine boss Andy Cowell said. "It was pretty frustrating!"
Mercedes has subsequently changed the process with which the insulation is manufactured, after discovering...
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