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Mercedes rule out engine change for Hamilton in Abu Dhabi
Mercedes trackside engineering director Andrew Shovlin says the Brackley has no plans to add a fresh engine to Lewis Hamilton's pool of hardware in Abu Dhabi. Rumors of an engine change at Yas Marina for the joint leader of the F1 world championship – and a subsequent five-place grid penalty – ramped up this week ahead of Formula 1's title decider. While a fresh engine coupled with a five-place setback would perhaps still represent a good risk/reward case for Hamilton, such a course of action would only come about as a result of "something going wrong" insisted Shovlin. "Not in the plan," the Mercedes engineer told Sky Sports, when asked about a potential engine...
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