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Ralf SCHUMACHER: Questionable and UNFAIR replacements of MERCEDES engines

Ralf Schumacher is concerned about Lewis Hamilton's "rocket engine" and says that Mercedes' move to replace the engine with more new capacity was questionable.

Photo: HB Press

Seven-time world champion is for a racing weekend GP Sao Paulo got a new engine with internal combustion, which gave him a big advantage in terms of speed over the rest of the racers.

On Saturday sprint races is due to a penalty for violating the system DRS started from last place after being the fastest the day before in qualifying. V 24 rounds swung all the way to Saturday fifth place. On Sunday in the main race, he started as tenthbecause he had a mark-up penalty 5 places due to engine change, but a racer Mercedesa he just needed it 11 roundsto overtake the then-leading race Max Verstappen.

There is a general opinion that Mercedes replaced the engine due to top performance, provided by the new unit and not due to problems with the old, so the silver arrows are considered to be worth accepting this penalty of city mark-up and this is also what worries Ralph Schumacher. "That worries me a little. The FIA ​​should look for a different way here, because if this idea breaks down, everyone will change engines every time and receive the same penalty, and everyone will have more powerful engines,”So the former Formula 1 racer for Sky Germany, who would like to introduce a rule that would mean that teams can they replace their engines only if it is on them obvious mistake and not just smaller loss of capacity due to the higher number of kilometers driven.  

Ralf Schumacher believes that Mercedes's move to replace the engine is only due to slightly poorer performance and not malfunction, and to lease a penalty is questionable in terms of fairness - Photo: HB Press

Ralf he says the possibility of replacing the engine for the aforementioned reason, as he did Mercedes, in his eyes as opposed to the spirit of Formula 1 and it seems to him questionable in terms of fairness. “Mercedes replaced the engine only because the older one showed excessive wear from previous races. It wasn’t broken, but it’s not essentially Formula 1 and it all seems a bit questionable to me. In my opinion, the engine only needs to be replaced when it really needs to. And if Mercedes has more wear and less performance than others, that’s their problem. You shouldn’t have an advantage like this.And in doing so Hamilton the rear engine is not at all as old as it seems. And some think it could be on one of the last three races season repeated this exercise.  

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