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Formula One satellite champion Lando Norris and McLaren teammate Oscar Piastri failed to commencement the Chinese Grand Prix on Sunday (March 15, 2026) owed to car problems.
McLaren discovered an electronics contented with Norris's car earlier it was owed to head retired connected way while Piastri's car was past pushed disconnected the grid and backmost to the garage.
Mechanics removed the floor connected Norris's car, with the squad inactive moving to resoluteness the occupation arsenic the grid closed for the 2nd race of the season.
The Briton had qualified sixth, with Piastri fifth.
"We besides identified an contented connected Oscar's car, which means we were incapable to commencement the car from the grid," said a squad spokesman.
"We person present returned the car to the store to further analyse the contented there."
Mercedes locked retired the front enactment with 19-year-old Italian Kimi Antonelli, the youngest ever expansive prix polesitter , up of championship-leading teammate George Russell.
