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Rosberg fastest, Hamilton breaks down in Sepang F1 first practice

A sweet and sour start to the Malaysian GP weekend for Mercedes, as Lewis Hamilton’s car failure offset Nico Rosberg’s fastest time. Hamilton pulled off in his Mercedes W06 with an engine problem at Turn 5 just before the 30-minute mark, having not set a laptime. “Something’s happened, lost power,” he said over the radio. “There was a click in the rear, the gears still worked, I just pulled over and stopped like you told me to. I would’ve made it back.” He was then told by his race engineer: “We had no telemetry. We’re worried about this as it’s a race engine.” Hamilton’s car was brought back to the pits on a truck. Each driver is only allowed to use four engines...
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