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Mercedes avoids grid penalty for Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton will start the Russian Grand Prix from 10th position after his Mercedes team worked through the night to avoid a grid penalty. The British driver suffered an MGU-H problem during qualifying yesterday and was unable to take part in Q3, meaning he could manage no better than 10th place on the grid. But although fitting replacement parts is allowed under Formula 1 rules, the Mercedes team's situation was complicated by the fact that it had been running a new fuel system this weekend. With no spare parts on site, if the team had elected to revert to an older specification fuel system then that would have meant a pit lane start. Private jet Having elected to replace the MGU-H,...
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