![]() ![]() Meanwhile, Lewis Hamilton picked up 10 points in fifth place after nursing his brakes for the second half of the race to avoid a second retirement in a row. My car quickly began to overheat and I started losing engine power, so I turned the engine off pretty sharply because the last thing I wanted was to leave engine oil on the racing line." "We thought everything was going to be okay, and it would probably have been fine if we hadn't had a Safety Car. Last week was annoying because I lost everything on the steering wheel. We just have to make sure we don't make them again. I'm sure the guy who did not pull it out is gutted. "It's a mistake that you would think shouldn't happen but it does. ![]() These cars don't have fans, they rely on airflow, so if you deny that you are not going to survive very long. You do what you can but you cannot recover from that. The car went to the grid with no airflow and was cooked. "It is a cooling cover usually used in the garage or in transport. When you are trying to do your best and you make a mistake it is devastating. "I know these things happen but it is just hard to accept when it does. "It is disappointing for everyone in the team and for the person responsible," Button said. Jenson Button has confirmed that his engine failure and retirement from the Monaco Grand Prix was caused by a cooling cover being left on his left-hand sidepod during the formation lap.īutton's engine finally let go under the safety car and he parked his McLaren on the hill going up from Sainte Devote.
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