Mercedes have hit back at the conspiracy theories over Lewis Hamiltons 2016 breakdowns, insisting claims of sabotage would be dismissed by anyone with an ounce of intelligence. The remarks constitute the teams strongest rebuttal yet to the outpouring of innuendo and accusation on social media in the wake of Hamiltons engine blow-out when leading the Malaysia GP.If we were good enough to arrange such sabotage, we wouldnt have any failures, responded technical chief Paddy Lowe. F1 is a tough business. The engineering operates right at the boundaries of performance so things do go wrong. Anyone with an ounce of intelligence analysing the situation would realise that the prospect of us designing a piece of equipment to fail at that precise moment… if we were that good we would be able to control everything.Lowe also gave short shrift to suggestions the team, owned by a German company, favoured Nico Rosberg for this years world championship.If we invent something that makes us quicker then of course we want it in both cars because we want to win the race, he said. We never hold back and never contemplate it. Anyone who is intelligent can work it out. Lewis Hamilton’s engine fails while leading the Malaysia GP Hamilton said immediately after his Sepang setback that he suspected someone was working against him, but later clarified he meant the man above or any higher power is intervening a little bit.Upon his arrival in Suzuka for this weekends Japanese GP, the world champion added: We dont know where bad luck comes from but thats all we can depend on - the fact that its just bad luck.A concurring Rosberg told Sky Sports F1: Some of the things he said…l wouldnt take too seriously because when you are in such a moment you can go a bit extreme! Hamilton has come under fire after spending the majority of Thursdays pre-Japanese GP drivers press conference on his phone But while Mercedes have been at pains to insist that the dice has not been loaded against Hamilton, the team admit they have no explanation for why the dice keeps landing against him.We are all rational people, certainly in the engineering area, and we all know that you can throw three double sixes in a row. That is possible. Yet when you see it done, you think how was that done? and we have something like that with Lewis, said Lowe.We have eight power units out there running around and with the exception of one failure they [engine malfunctions] have fallen on Lewis. That is something none of us can understand. But its just the way dice has been thrown.We are gutted about it and just wish the luck hadnt fallen that way. Personally, I was only just getting over the consecutive failures he had in qualifying at the start of the year where statistically you felt he had been treated very, very unfairly.Meanwhile, there was less than a tenth of a second between Hamilton and Rosberg in Friday practice for the Japanese GP. They are both in great shape, concluded Lowe. Also See: Rosberg just ahead of Hamilton Horner warns Renault off Sainz What do F1 drivers listen to? The Formula 1 Gossip column Conor Sheary Jersey . -- Jake Peavy arrived at Bostons spring training complex on Monday with a large white bandage covering his left index finger, the result of a weekend accident. Jason Pominville Jersey . Jets head coach Paul Maurice made the announcement Saturday following the morning skate and confirmed Al Montoya will start in goal against the Dallas Stars on Sunday. http://www.authenticsabrespro.com/Sam-re...-sabres-jersey/. 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On the first possession of the game, Nowitzki drained his trademark one-legged fade-away jumper, which moved him past John Havlicek for 12th place on the NBAs all-time scoring list. "He really led our team tonight," Dallas coach Rick Carlisle said. "Dirk was great from start to finish. I mean, shooting 12-of-14 is ridiculous and 4-for-4 from 3, its hard to do much better than that." Havlicek scored 26,395 points and Dominique Wilkins is No. 11 in the record books with 26,668. With more games like this one, Nowitzki could possibly reach the top 10 this season by passing Oscar Robertson (26,710). "I havent been quite on fire lately, but I got out early and was really looking to get my groove," he said. Monta Ellis, on the other hand, started slow but finished strong -- scoring 13 of his 16 points in the second half and tallying 11 assists and seven rebounds for Dallas. "After a frustrating first half, Monta stayed patient, disciplined and aggressive. 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Notes: Dallas forward Jae Crowder sat out his second game with a strained abdominal muscle suffered Sunday against Indiana. . Dallas coach Rick Carlisle got a technical for complaining about Burke kicking out his feet on his jump shots. . The Jazz outscored the Mavericks 56-32 in the paint. 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