Binotto: “Mercedes obtained the ADUO in a clever way”

ADUO, what a mystery Formula 1 has arrived at the Red Bull Ring for the Austrian Grand Prix and is certainly not showing off transparency in the matter relating to the ADUO assignments.
In fact, communicated to the teams on Saturday in Monte Carlo, they were objected to by Red Bull, which requested and obtained a revision of the calculations which led to it being indicated as a point of reference with regards to the combustion engine. In the meantime, however, it is known that both Audi and Ferrari are already assembling a power unit with updates released by the ADUO. In short, there is a lot of confusion and very little clarity on what is happening, also because the FIA ​​has officially remained silent. Binotto and the Mercedes bluff It is interesting on the ADUO topic to isolate the statements of Mattia Binotto, Audi’s F1 manager, released to La Stampa: “Everyone knew that Red Bull had a good engine, but the Mercedes one is not inferior. Perhaps so far it is not exploiting all the power available for reasons of reliability or for other reasons, because after all it has managed in a clever way to obtain this advantage of the ADUO”. In short, Binotto hints at a successful Mercedes bluff: “Having an advantage, there was no reason to push, it’s the limit of the current regulation. The extra updates should be granted on the basis of a ranking, such as those of the chassis. You can’t hide there”, underlined the former Ferrari team principal.

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2026-06-27 19:11:00