“Change that you pass!”. It could be the “Mantra” destined to guide the new strategies in Formula 1. Able to magically transform the rigorous regulatory penalties into as many opportunities for affirmation. Mercedes teaches that in some cases replacing the thermal component of the Power Unit, beyond the three units allowed, is not always the admission of a lack of reliability. But rather proof that superiority only generates further superiority. And so the statement by Toto Wolff: “We do not change engines to avoid imminent breakdowns”No longer sounds like one “Excusatio non petita” but rather as the opening to a strategy that skips regulatory constraints, aware that under certain conditions, the penalty is amply compensated by the higher performance as a consequence of the reduction in the mileage of the new unit.
The superiority displayed by Lewis Hamilton during the Brazilian Grand Prix, in the “sprint race” and then in the actual race is the best confirmation. There Mercedes has opened a hole in the pages of the regulation which was created to unify performance and at the same time reduce costs, will, on the contrary, end up expanding the distance between competitors. Yet it would be enough to transfer the penalty from the driver, who has a responsibility that does not fall to him, to the manufacturers to put a “patch” on it. But the FIA’s ability to react, which we demonstrated at the Brazilian Grand Prix, makes us fear the worst.
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