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Mercedes Engine Issues during Austrian GP ‘Entirely Different' – Allison

James Allison says the problems that forced Valtteri Bottas and Lewis Hamilton to retire from the Austrian Grand Prix last weekend were ‘entirely different’, and neither were related to the introduction of the new specification of power unit introduced the weekend before in France. Bottas stopped early with a hydraulics issue that ultimately prevented him from changing gear, while Hamilton was forced out with a fuel pump issue, and Allison, the technical director of Mercedes AMG Petronas Motorsport, says neither were in any way associated with their recent engine upgrade. 'They weren't the same failure, they were entirely different,' said Allison in a video on the official Mercedes AMG...
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