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Mercedes vows to bounce back after electronics failure
Nico Rosberg finished in second place while Lewis Hamilton was forced to retire in an eventful Canadian Grand Prix today. A high-voltage control electronics failure causing a permanent loss of MGU-K drive thereby put an end to Mercedes run of wins this season.
The failure happened for Lewis on lap 36 and Nico on lap 37. Lewis was then forced to retire on lap 46 owing to overheating rear brakes. Nico Rosberg, F1 W05 Hybrid/03, 2nd: 'That was a big battle all the way through today! I had a tough start but I was able to defend in the first few corners and fight against Lewis. The race went smoothly for a while then both cars suddenly lost the MGU-K system and a lot of power which was really...
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