Mercedes still don’t know what caused 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton’s engine failure at the Australian Grand Prix.

Hamilton’s Mercedes ground to a halt on Lap 17 of Sunday’s Australian GP, capp📖ing off a miserable weekend for the seven-time world champion.

Things got worse for Mercedes on the final lap when 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:George Russell crashed out while battling 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Fernando Alonso for sixth.

It 🔥means Mercedes have endured their worst start to a campaign since 2012, while Hamilton's points tally of e🍬ight is the lowest he's scored after three rounds in his F1 career.

Speaking on Mercedes post-race🌃 debrief, technical director James Allison revealed that the team doesn’t know the𓄧 actual cause of Hamilton’s failure.

“We do not,” he said. “The Power Units will return to th𓆉e safe hands of the guys🔜 at Brixworth, who will be able to figure out what let go.

“All we know is the symptoms at the time, which was a rapid loss of oil p🔯ressure followed by a shutdown of the engine to protect it because when you know you've got catastrophic loss like that, the best thing you can do for the future is kill it there and then.

“And then you have not just got like a load of molten metal. You have normally got a fairly clear evide𓆏nce chain of what caused it. And then that lets youᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ work better for the future.

“So, we do not know yet, Brixworth and HPP will do in short order. And no doub🐈t as soon as we know then they will jump in with their characteristic energy to make sure that any risk that happens on any other engine is mitigated as b🍎est we can.”

It’s very rare for Hamilton - and Mercedes - to be hit with eng𝓀ine trouble.

Since the middle of 2018, Hamilton has been forced to retire just twice (Abu Dhabi 2022; Aus🔯tralia 2024) with technical issues.

“DNFs are tha𓂃nkfully a rare thing for us,” Allison added. “We have drivers who are particula♏rly good at keeping it on the island and our reliability overall is a strong point. It is unusual to have a double DNF like that. It is certainly not something we expect to punctuate our season.

“What we are more focused on is the pace becau🥂se if you get the pace sorted out the seasꦏon will be okay whatever happens. The baseline reliability of the car, our procedural approach to it and the skill of our drivers will tend to keep you clear of DNFs.

“All our focus is on the pace k🍸nowing that those other foundationꦗs are in decent shape.”