Formula 1 | Mercedes worried ahead of Silverstone: "We hope not to suffer penalties"

After the reliability problems suffered in Austria, Mercedes hopes not to incur penalties during the next round at Silverstone. According to what James Allison reported, in fact, the world champion Scuderia still doesn't have a clear idea of ​​what happened during the Red Bull Ring race, with Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas forced to stop due to two mechanical problems. The team, having returned to Brackley for a short break, will analyze what happened to the W09 EQ-Power+, dismantling the two power units and investigating possible internal damage caused by the stops. The team hopes not to suffer penalties in the United Kingdom, but the doubt can only be resolved on Thursday.

Here are the words of James Allison: “These were two completely separate failures. Neither involved the introduction of the new powertrain. Obviously we are still talking about two stops, so we will have to carefully analyze the power unit. We hope not to suffer any penalties at Silverstone, but we won't be able to say until we analyze everything. The first impression is that the damage is limited to the components that caused the two problems, but we will have a clearer idea in the next few hours."