Mercedes engine problems do not offer the best scenario for Hamilton

Among the Williams FW43 and the Mercedes W11, the single-seaters powered by the German block were not spared from the mechanical glitches coming from the V6 turbo / star-studded hybrid Power Unit during these winter tests.

Latest, Lewis Hamilton, who yesterday saw his engine shut down as a precaution after oil pressure appeared abnormal. If this Friday, no technical problem seems to have disturbed the world champion, the subject is necessarily one of the points of discussion internally at Mercedes.

“Of course there are concerns, admitted Hamilton in a media session this Friday. During testing, there is a little more confidence in reliability. Nothing is perfect, we are on our second or third engine.

This is clearly not an easy or relaxing scenario for us, but I have every confidence in the people at the factory to analyze this and do the best they can in the next two weeks so that we can get off to a good start once again. foot. »

Remember that Mercedes benefited from the developments made during the off-season by the HPP department, which notably worked to operate higher temperature engine fluids.

The world champion, however, believes that Mercedes' tests remain rather satisfactory, and clearly prefers to encounter the problems mentioned above during this period. “It’s not necessarily a bad thing to discover them in trials, explains Hamilton.

But apart from that, our performance was good, in terms of kilometers accumulated, except yesterday. I don't know where we stand against the others, but the team has a better idea. »