Lewis Hamilton's power was 'dropping out' in Mexico, and James Vowles has explained why that happened. F1
Mercedes explain reasons behind Lewis Hamilton’s engine cuts in MexicoJames Vowles has explained it was the high altitude of the Autodromo Hermanos Rodriguez that caused engine issues for both Mercedes drivers in Mexico.
It was more of the same in Sunday’s grand prix, Hamilton’s PU sporadically cutting out, while Russell was also affected with delays in power delivery. That means the drivers suffer the occasional loss of power, or a feeling that the engine is not delivering as it should.“We were suffering a little bit with engine cuts and here is the reason why,” Vowles, Mercedes’ motorsport strategy director, said in the team’s debrief.
“Instead of having an engine that is really highly tuned you are back into a condition where you have to do lots of work with the Power Unit in a very short space of time to try and map out these irregularities.“It’s typically accentuated in qualifying because you are very quickly and rapidly applying throttle pedal which means that the turbo and fuelling systems need to keep up with that change very quickly and normally it’s better in the race.
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