Mercedes have introduced a new-spec engine this weekend for themselves and all of their customers' teams. One of those engines went up in a puff of smoke during qualifying while Sergio Perez was forced to return to his old spec engine. After these problems, is Lewis Hamilton worried?
“Not really: I don't know why the engines gave up the ghost, so there is little reason to worry about it. I think once I get back to the team, the analyzes will be in full swing. But then again: I can only do what I have to do and see if and what happens. I can't do much about it anyway, so there is no reason to worry about it,"" Hamilton said.
Although Hamilton may not be very concerned, Mercedes itself will look critically at where things went wrong. The new engine of the German team would not provide much more power but would be more reliable. That was the plan. It was also part of the foundations for the 2020 Formula 1 season.