While the conspiracy theorists inevitably blew a gasket after Hamilton's Sepang blow-out, the notion Hamilton is the victim of deliberate sabotage can be instantly dismissed. Lewis Hamilton’s engine fails whist leading the Malaysia GP Hamilton supporters would also argue unreliability accounted for more lost points in Sochi and Singapore, but it's by no means clear the Englishman had a pace advantage over his Mercedes team-mate Rosberg on those weekends. But it could be reasonably argued that it has denied him at least 40 points this year - 12 in China, when Mercedes were a class above the rest, 25 in Sepang, and ten in Belgium when Hamilton was relegated to the back of the grid after Mercedes introduced fresh power units to compensate for his early-season failures. There is, of course, no way of determining how many points Hamilton's 'bad luck' has cost. An engine blow-out in Malaysia which cost him an almost-certain victory.A hydraulics fault during Practice Two in Singapore which was cited as a critical factor in his defeat to Rosberg.He finished fifth having started in 10th following a crash in qualifying. An engine mode issue during the European GP.An ERS failure during Q3 in Russia, restricting the Mercedes driver to 10th on the grid.An ERS failure at the start of qualifying in China, relegating him to 22nd on the grid.Hamilton has suffered five specific instances of debilitating unreliability this year.
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