Because Toto wolff, team boss Mercedes Benz considers that the team is considering the possibility very seriously engine replacement pri Lewis Hamiltonbecause they do not want to risk a possible resignation.
"The most important thing is not to record a deviation due to a reliability problem,”Is Wolff explained to colleagues from Sky Sports F1. "You can play with substitutions, finish as second or third, I think that’s still fine. The championship is still long, but the resignation…“In words A 49-year-old Austrian, the team is studying whether it can Hamilton the rest of the season ends with his current contingent engines.
"We study the parameters of the engines so as not to have problems with reliability,”Explained the team leader Mercedes Benz. So if there were any doubts about reliability, Mercedes will still have to consider engine replacement. In this case, the exchange could take place already in Turkey. "This is, of course, an option. When and how, it has not yet been decided”He concluded Wolff. In the event of a change of engine and the associated penalties - starting from scratch - it will be interesting to see if it will Hamilton succeeded to the greatest extent mitigate the punishment, as it succeeded in Russia Verstappen.
