article_snippet: Lewis Hamilton hailed Lewis Hamilton crew of mechanics following a difficult day at the office that Lewis Hamilton claims left Lewis Hamilton 'heavily compromised' ahead of this weekend's Malaysian Grand Prix.
article_snippet: Fresh from an Australian Grand Prix 'triple crown' of pole position, fastest lap and race win, Lewis Hamilton was forced to pull Lewis Hamilton Mercedes to one side after just four installation laps in the first practice session at the Sepang International Circuit.
article_snippet: Mercedes mechanics fix Lewis Hamilton car at the team's garage after the team's garage engine failure on Friday .
article_snippet: After Lewis Hamilton's car at the team's garage was hauled back to the team's garage there were initial fears an engine change may be required, only for the fault to lie within the power unit inlet system.
article_snippet: The depth of the issue within the power unit inlet system, however, meant Lewis Hamilton did not return to the track until 38 minutes into the 90 of FP2.
article_snippet: But the 30-year-old wasted no time in getting up to speed as Lewis Hamilton went on to set the fastest lap, being the only driver to dip under 100 seconds with a time of one minute 39.790secs. '
article_snippet: It was an amazing job done by my guys to rebuild Lewis Hamilton's car at the team's garage, get the engine and gearbox back on and to get back out,' said Lewis Hamilton. '
article_snippet: Lewis Hamilton overcame the engine problems in the morning practice session to set the fastest time .
highlights_snippet: Lewis Hamilton missed Friday's first session and some of the second .
  
highlights_snippet: Lewis Hamilton still set the fastest time in Malaysia despite the engine failure .
  