The fact that Mercedes only replaced Lewis Hamilton’s combustion engine for this weekend and not the other parts indicates that they have no worries about, for example, the hybrid parts. According to Toto Wolff, the conclusion that the concerns within Mercedes are related to the combustion engine is the correct one.
“Well spotted”, Wolff replies when presented with the above scenario and asked if they fully understand the problems: “If you push the limits with the bikes, you will automatically encounter obstacles. Since 2014, our bike has been the most reliable source of power.”
“But now that the limits are being pushed, we’ve come across, how can I put that elegantly…unusual noises in the combustion engine, noises that we can’t quite place and that may have caused us problems in the past. We’ve had engines that broke. So now we have to make sure that those problems don’t harm us further.”
The timing of those problems could be especially worrisome, as the engine that will be launched at the beginning of next season will be frozen for several years. Does Wolff worry about that?
“It’s always been a question of making performance and reliability go hand in hand and it will continue to be that way. We’re not taking any lasting disadvantage into next year because we understand where to look. We just need to figure out how to do it.” be able to solve it.”
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