14/03/2014
NEWS STORY
Ahead of the opening practice session of the season Mercedes has been forced to change Lewis Hamilton's engine.
The Brackley squad, which starts the weekend (season) as favourites following a strong pre-season, identified a fault in one of the ancillary systems late on Thursday night which forced it to swap the unit.
However, as the engine had not left the garage Hamilton will not incur a penalty, nor will the engine count as one of the five allocated for use during the season.
Mat Coch