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It's quite alarming that they picked up the issue so late.
 
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Just caught a rebroadcast now. Exciting race. Really feel for Hamilton. Rosberg surely can't believe his luck. Great driving from the Red Bull boys and credit to the team for letting them go at it. Suzuka next week should be a cracker!
 
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Ive suspected there's one or more mechanics who either don't like him or have an interest in seeing his cheating teammate win.
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Funnily enough his problems all seemed to start after some mechanics from the Rosberg side of the garage were transferred to the Hamilton side by management :whistling:
 
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Lewis Hamilton admits he still doesn't know why his and Nico Rosberg's mechanics were swapped by Mercedes but is convinced success is around the corner with his new crew.

The world champion has slipped 43 points behind his team-mate having been blighted by engine failures in 2016 with some social media conspiracy theorists linking his problems to a change of mechanics at the start of the season.
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http://www.skysports.com/f1/news/24...chanics-were-my-soldiers-before-mercedes-swap
 
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The bookies have more to gain than Mercedes no matter which side of the garage. I wonder is a mechanic is a bit stuck for cash.
 
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Dave123 said:
Funnily enough his problems all seemed to start after some mechanics from the Rosberg side of the garage were transferred to the Hamilton side by management :whistling:
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Lol.

Great race, glad I recorded it. Good moments throughout! Ferrari is a team in trouble, something needs to be done.

Oh, obligatory he he he... Hamilton blowing up made my day.
 
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I am not a Hamilton fan, but it is really strange that out of 8 Mercedes cars only his engines have been conking out. He said out of 43 engines all the engine failures had been in his cars. Does not compute.
 
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Mercedes spends an estimated €470m per season and development of their hybrid unit has been put in the region of €150m over the course of its life. Yes, it makes complete sense that they'd willingly sabotage one of their own cars. :erm:

Please, enough with the tinfoil. History is full of drivers that couldn't buy any luck while their peers and teammates seemed to have the luck of the devil. In 1996 Michael Schumacher bagged 49 points to Eddie Irvine's 11. In that same season Eddie retired from 10 of 16 races including a run of 8 straight retirements, 6 of them attributed to gearbox and suspension failures. Michael, while retiring from 5 races himself, never experienced a single gearbox or suspension failure. Bad luck is bad luck.
 
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thestaggy said:
Mercedes spends an estimated €470m per season and development of their hybrid unit has been put in the region of €150m over the course of its life. Yes, it makes complete sense that they'd willingly sabotage one of their own cars. :erm:

Please, enough with the tinfoil. History is full of drivers that couldn't buy any luck while their peers and teammates seemed to have the luck of the devil. In 1996 Michael Schumacher bagged 49 points to Eddie Irvine's 11. In that same season Eddie retired from 10 of 16 races including a run of 8 straight retirements, 6 of them attributed to gearbox and suspension failures. Michael, while retiring from 5 races himself, never experienced a single gearbox or suspension failure. Bad luck is bad luck.
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Red bull had a similar thing going with Webber and Vettel not too long ago. Vettel's car worked like a charm, and Webber was struggling to finish races. Hell, even Merc has had issues, two years ago, last race, Rosberg had engine issues, essentially handing the championship to Lewis. It's F1. Shyte like this happens.
 
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thestaggy said:
Mercedes spends an estimated €470m per season and development of their hybrid unit has been put in the region of €150m over the course of its life. Yes, it makes complete sense that they'd willingly sabotage one of their own cars. :erm:

Please, enough with the tinfoil. History is full of drivers that couldn't buy any luck while their peers and teammates seemed to have the luck of the devil. In 1996 Michael Schumacher bagged 49 points to Eddie Irvine's 11. In that same season Eddie retired from 10 of 16 races including a run of 8 straight retirements, 6 of them attributed to gearbox and suspension failures. Michael, while retiring from 5 races himself, never experienced a single gearbox or suspension failure. Bad luck is bad luck.
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Are you kidding me? The speculation is one of the most fun things about the sport and you want us to can it??
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And the speculation is not that MERC want Hamilton to lose... that's a bit far fetched.
 
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