Bojan Vrbnjak
Racer Mercedesa is due to suspicion of a problem with the unit MGU-H had to finish the race early Eifel Grand Prix, on which the team installed new powertrains in both race cars. Possible replacement of new components engine due to the problem that led to the resignation, I would pull behind penalty of mark-up of places on the starting line.
Andrew Shovlin, chief engineer at Mercedes he said the team is still investigating what went wrong and at this point they have not yet ruled out the possibility that a penalty could occur. “There seems to be a problem with the electronics on the drive side. But we are still researching this. However, this does not seem to be hardware related, so hopefully in the case of Valtteri there will be no penalty when we head to the next race in Portimao."
Also Toto wolff, team boss Mercedes optimistically hopes it can Bottas avoided punishment. “The matter seems to be around the MGU-H unit, but we have not yet found the root cause. We didn’t call the race car into the garage so Valtteri wouldn’t score points, but because we didn’t want to damage the drive unit. I think it should be fine. It is now important to understand what actually happened. We used new power units at the Nürburgring and there are six more races until the end of the season, so we have to solve the problem,He added Austrian.
