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Massa halted by water system issue

– Felipe Massa's retirement from the Canadian Grand Prix was the result of a water system problem that caused his power unit to overheat, Williams has confirmed.Massa was running inside the points-paying positions when he encountered the issue, with Williams ultimately calling him back to the pits on Lap 36 to protect the engine."Felipe would have finished anywhere from fourth to sixth, so that's a lot of points we've lost with the water system issue that caused the temperatures to rise," said performance chief Rob Smedley."We went through counter measures to try and get round it, but none of them worked; we therefore had to take the decision to retire the car because...
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