F1: Freak Contamination Lead to Rosberg's Singapore Retirement

Nico Rosberg's retirement from Sunday's Singapore car race was caused by a freak contamination of his steering column natural philosophy by a substance utilized by Mercedes in their pre-event service, the team said on Friday.

The Mercedes team said the contamination led to a loom failure in his handwheel column. This resulted in him troubled to begin and then abandoning the race won by team mate Lewis Hamilton.

Briton Hamilton's ending raised him 3 points clear of German Rosberg with 5 races remaining in their typically bitter duel for the drivers' title.

"Forensic analysis has disclosed that the steering column electronic circuits were contaminated with a distant substance," the team aforementioned in an exceedingly statement. "This occurred throughout our traditional pre-event service procedures at the industrial plant and therefore the substance found is employed as a part of our commonplace service procedure. The contamination wasn't visible and didn't surface till Sunday as Nico visited the grid, though the steering column was used throughout the weekend and therefore the automobile pink-slipped up as traditional on Sunday morning."

"Nico couldn't command the clutch nor modification engine settings. The automobile was ultimately retired as a result of it absolutely was unsafe to execute a pit stop while not command of the clutch. contemporary elements are going to be used at the forthcoming races."

The next race is that the Japanese car race on Gregorian oct 5.