I feel like I’ve read that article on the race but I also I think I didn’tmwillems wrote: ↑02 Sep 2025, 19:35Apparently "sources" say that it auto shut down. Its understandable that Lando thought it was a failure since he lost power. But it does seem it stopped due to the detection of a leak, in ttempted prevention of engine damage.
Whether it is damaged is another question, but I wouldn't assume either way.
https://www.the-race.com/formula-1/mcla ... -mercedes/
as they report the engine switching off to protect itself but I haven’t read that anywhere before apart from in this thread.After listening to my Instagram post again there isn’t any clunking sounds like the good ol’ days of pistons smashing into cylinder heads
