News Details

Hamilton retirement down to 'freak' failure - Wolff

Mercedes have blamed a 'freak' component failure for Lewis Hamilton's Singapore Grand Prix retirement, which cost the Briton a potential podium finish. Hamilton had been running fourth at the halfway point in the race but reported a sudden loss of power. He began dropping back down the field as he and the team frantically tried to fix the problem. After two laps he had dropped back to last but one when Mercedes finally chose to retire his car and save the engine. "We tried everything we could to resolve the loss of power while he was out on track but there was nothing we could do and we retired the car when that became clear," explained Mercedes chief Toto Wolff. "We had a...
Full Story »
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Lewis Hamilton: 'I think I had the pace to win'

Singapore Grand Prix – Mercedes AMG's Lewis Hamilton says he felt...
10y ago from FormulaSpy.com

Hamilton sure he had pace to win

Mercedes AMG Petronas Lewis Hamilton says he had the pace to claim...
10y ago from F1Zone.net

Mercedes explains Hamilton's Singapore failure

Nico Rosberg (GER) Mercedes AMG F1 W06 passes team mate Lewis Hamilton...
10y ago from F1i.com

Lowe admits Mercedes at fault for Rosberg's Monza...

After suffering its first retirement of 2015 Paddy Lowe says Mercedes is...
10y ago from Crash.net

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Marco Bezzecchi dominates in lights-to-flag Portimao...

Marco Bezzecchi led every lap of the Portimao MotoGP race as he cruised...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

McLaren’s lawsuit against IndyCar champ Alex Palou...

The lengthy court battle between McLaren and Alex Palou is nearing a...

Caio Collet advances up to IndyCar with AJ Foyt Racing

AJ Foyt Racing has announced that Caio Collet will drive for the team in...

Kyle Kirkwood signs multi-year IndyCar extension with...

Andretti Global has announced that Kyle Kirkwood has signed an extension...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Ott Tanak retires from rallying

Ott Tänak, the 2019 World Rally Champion, announced after Rally Japan...
11h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Sunderland fight back with late Brobbey equaliser to...

be it should not have come as such a surprise that the team that was able...
6m ago from TheGuardian.com

Player ratings: Sunderland 2-2 Arsenal

Arsenal's winning streak ended with late drama at the Stadium of Light on...
2h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Wayne Rooney claims Spurs signing has been worse than...

Wayne Rooney was asked to rate new signings at top Premier League clubs in...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Sources: Arsenal told they can sign speedy winger for...

AC Milan may be on the brink of another major transfer battle as...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.