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Hamilton feared engine failure

Already handicapped by the fact that quality control issues had prevented Mercedes from running its upgraded engine in Canada, Lewis Hamilton subsequently revealed that he feared an issue with the engine he has used in all seven races thus far was about to cost him his first retirement of the season. 'I'm just so happy that I finished,' he told Sky Sports. 'From the start I was down on power and my engine was saying that it was over temperature and I couldn't get them down,' he continued. 'I thought it was going to fail. Every single lap I was kind of on the edge just waiting for the power to drop away and disappear. It kept dropping and coming back and dropping again. It kept going. It's...
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