SUZUKA, Japan -- Mercedes technical chief Paddy Lowe brushed off suggestions that sabotage was behind Lewis Hamiltons engine failure at last weekends Malaysian Grand Prix.Hamilton was leading on lap 41 of 56 at the Sepang International Circuit when his engine blew, handing the race lead and ultimately victory to Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo.The frustrated Hamilton was furious after the Malaysian race, and hinted at perhaps something more than bad luck.Someone doesnt want me to win this year, but I wont give up. I will keep pushing, Hamilton said on Sunday.With five races left in the season, it will be difficult for Hamilton to make up the deficit to Mercedes teammate Nico Rosberg, who holds a 23-point lead in the championship race.Speaking after Fridays practice session at the Japanese Grand Prix, Lowe said that wasnt what Hamilton was suggesting.I cant agree with you that the driver hinted there was sabotage, Lowe said when asked whether such a thing would be possible. Lewis has been very clear, certainly with us, that thats completely out of the question.Lowe admitted that the team had let Hamilton down but said any suggestion of sabotage was wrong.Weve had other failures in the year that are very unfortunate and if we were good enough to arrange such sabotage we wouldnt have any failures, Lowe said. Its a very tough business, Formula One. The engineering is operating right at the boundary of performance and things do go wrong.Rosberg has finished second behind Hamilton in Suzuka the last two years. He was fastest in Fridays practice session, edging Hamilton but only seven hundredths of a second.A win on Sunday would move the German driver a step closer to his first championship while delivering a serious blow to Hamiltons chances for a third consecutive title. 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Bathurst 1000 title No.5 might loom for Holdens Jamie Whincup after again dominating to claim provisional pole at Mount Panorama for Sundays Great Race.But six-time winner Craig Lowndes Bathurst title defence already appears in tatters.Veteran Lowndes finished 21st on Friday in the 27-strong Supercars field - his worst qualifying finish at Mount Panorama.Lowndes, 42, contested his first Great Race in 1994.Thats news to me. I didnt realise he had qualified that poorly, a shocked Whincup said of Lowndes.Whincup fell 0.14 of a second short of his lap record to top qualifying ahead of a fast-finishing Scott McLaughlin of Volvo.Holdens Tim Slade was third quickest before Saturdays top-10 shootout to finalise the front of the grid.Lowndes is the sentimental favourite to claim his seventh Bathurst 1000 on Sunday when the memory of his great mentor Peter Brock will be honoured at Mount Panorama, on the 10th anniversary of his death.But Lowndes will need to produce a Bathurst miracle if he is to again receive the winners Peter Brock Trophy from the late greats brother Phil.His Holden had struggled since arriving on the mountain and he was in and out of the garage during a horror qualifying session.Lowndes tried to put on a brave face.I have struggled with the car all week, he said.But I started outside the top 10 last year - you never know.ddddddddddddIts disappointing starting 21st so well try to stay out of trouble on Sunday and see where we end up.Whincup had been tipped to shatter his own lap record, set last year, after dominating practice at Mount Panorama but fell short, clocking two minutes, 05.04 seconds.The number doesnt mean anything - its the position, Whincup said of the missed record chance.I now have to do a job at the shootout.On the day Ford Australia closed its factory doors for the last time, Chaz Mostert tried to give Blue Oval fans something to cheer about in his Falcon.Returning to the mountain after his 2015 Bathurst campaign ended with a horrific qualifying crash, Mostert topped the timesheets for most of the 40-minute session before being relegated to fourth fastest.Defending series champion Mark Winterbottom of Ford was seventh quickest and series leader Shane van Gisbergen of Holden was sixth.Red flags came out during qualifying when Holdens Shae Davies and later female driver Simona de Silvestro (Nissan) speared off The Chase and into the sand.That relegated them to the back of the grid for Sundays race. 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