Ecclestone in favor of freezing Mercedes development

The Australian GP played last weekend in Melbourne (re)raised fears for the future of the F1. The teams present encountered numerous reliability problems and the domination of Mercedes seems even more important than last year.

If the FIA ​​partially lifted the freeze on the development of Power Units in 2015, Mercedes' lead is too great for its competitors to rise to its level in the near future. Christian Horner, Team Principal of Red Bull, even proposed after the Australian GP that Mercedes could no longer develop its 6l V1.6 turbo / hybrid to rebalance the forces in the peloton.

This idea seems to appeal to Bernie Ecclestone who dreams of seeing the competition fight with Mercedes. “They are 100% right! ", the F1 financier told Reuters. “There is a rule that Max (Mosley, the former President of the FIA) put in place: if a team or an engine manufacturer achieves something magical, which Mercedes did, the FIA ​​must be able to change things… Mercedes engine development should be frozen while letting others do what they want. We call on the FIA ​​to make changes. »

Discover the analysis of the Australian Grand Prix carried out by our special correspondents in issue 2003 of AUTOhebdo, available this evening in digital version on all platforms, and from Wednesday on newsstands.