Mercedes believes Spa F1 engine can be repaired

In the incident where the pair clashed on the opening lap at Spa last weekend, Hamilton’s Mercedes was sent high into the air after he had moved across on the Alpine still on his inside at the first part of the Les Combes chicane.

Hamilton quickly crashed back down into the runoff area, in an impact Mercedes measured at 45G that immediately caused his engine to lose water pressure – the W13 spraying coolant into the path of the following cars including…