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Red Bull motorsport advisor believes the team is responsible for Lewis Hamilton's engine failure during the Malaysia Grand Prix.
The Mercedes driver's race ended on lap 41 when his engine exploded as he was trying to build a gap to Red Bull pair Daniel Ricciardo and Max Verstappen.
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"We clearly had the upper hand - my guess is that we very likely forced [Hamilton] into that engine failure," Marko told the official Formula 1 website."We permanently put pressure on him, challenging his lead, as he knew he had to create a gap.
"To go permanently full throttle was probably not the best thing for his engine," he added.
In fact, Dr. Marko is confident that Red Bull could have claimed the win, even if Hamilton had finished the race.
"We knew that we would be strong, but you always have to take into account what Mercedes are doing," he said. "It took quite a while to understand that we could challenge Mercedes here.
"In the beginning of the weekend we were very skeptical, but then qualifying showed we were not so far off Mercedes - and clearly ahead of Ferrari," he added. "But even without Hamilton retiring we had some things up our sleeves - I will not say what - just that with both cars on different strategies [with Verstappen having made an extra stop at that stage compared to Ricciardo] we would have challenged him anyway towards the end of the race."
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Login to replycalle.itw
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Oh dear, always so full of themselves.
mclarenfan1968
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Perhaps not this time, it seems Mercedes were forced to use the "extra" mixes a lot more than they would have liked. Using higher mixes of fuel in the IC chamber raises heat and wear of parts. Hamilton was in all probability using everything from the engine to keep the Bulls at a distance.
But yeah Redbull are usually full of themselves but this time they have in all likelihood earned the right gloat
calle.itw
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I agree mate, just thought it was a bit arrogant of Marko.