Mercedes find hydraulic leak on Hamilton’s car
Lewis Hamilton says his brush with the wall in FP2 at the Canadian GP was just an "innocent mistake".
Mercedes have been forced into a pre-race scramble in the garage after discovering a hydraulic leak on Lewis Hamilton’s car in Canada.
The Silver Arrows had already expressed concern over potential reliability issues after Lance Stroll’s SportPesa Racing Point car went up in a ball of flames following the introduction of their Spec-2 engine.
Hamilton, meanwhile, has not had the best of weekends thus far after crashing in FP2 and then being knocked off pole position for a resurgent Sebastian Vettel in the Ferrari.
A Mercedes spokesman said: “We have diagnosed the source after the car came out of parc ferme and are now putting the car back together. We plan to be ready [for the race].”
Work on Hamilton’s car to fix a Hydraulic leak #CanadianGP pic.twitter.com/Vrp1ZQqkCn
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The Mercedes mechanics were able to fix the leak and reassemble the car without any specification changes, meaning Hamilton was able to line up from P2 on the grid.
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