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Hamilton to re-use China qualifying engine

Lewis Hamilton will be able to re-use the power unit that failed in qualifying for the Chinese Grand Prix, his Mercedes team has confirmed. The world champion was relegated to the back of the grid at Shanghai after he suffered an MGU-H problem in the first qualifying session. After that issue, the team elected to replace the power unit for the race while investigation of the broken engine took place back at the team's factory last week. That work has now concluded that there was not significant damage and the power unit – the first of the five he is allowed to run this year – will now become a spare. A statement from Mercedes said: "The power unit in question arrived back at...
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