Mercedes has revealed a 'big-end bearing failure' was to blame for Lewis Hamilton's dramatic exit frওom the Malaysian Grand Prix following an engine blow.

The defending champion was leading comfortably in Sepang when his ICE expired at the start of lap 61 having completed a relatively meagre 618km𝐆 since it was first installed.

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Followin✤g thorough investigations, Mercedes has revealed a 'big-end be🧸aring failure' caused the engine to blow, preceded by a loss of oil pressure at Turn 15 (the final corner) only seconds earlier. Prior to this Mercedes says it had no warning the engine was about to let go.

As a result, Mercedes will introduce safeguards this weekend as it continues to understand what led to the failure, with 'revised running parameters' introduced for all Mercedes engine customers this weeken🌳d.

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Though M🐻ercedes does not go into detail about this, it says it is a 'reactive follow-up to further questions to include b𓆏ut not limited to a different, more conservative oil specification.