Hamilton unmasks the ADUO: “Mercedes better engine, look at the end of the straight…”

Does Mercedes have more power or not? There is a consensus in the paddock that Mercedes has the best engine of the lot, but this has not been certified by the ADUO. As is known, the Federation only measures the ICE of the power units and has established that the group’s point of reference is the Red Bull engine and has even granted Mercedes the first band of the ADUO, the one for engine engineers at least 2% distant. But Austria’s race also reinforced the certainties of those who consider the Silver Arrows’ power units to be clearly the best in the group, including Lewis Hamilton. Hamilton’s suspicions In the statements reported by RacingNews365, Lewis Hamilton underlined, rather than the power deficit, a different delivery between the Ferrari and Mercedes engines.
The Englishman analyzed it as follows: “For one reason and another, it was a question of deployment. At the end of the straight I fell behind and the Mercedes simply continued to go. They undoubtedly have the best engine. I don’t know how it was possible that with the ADUO it went exactly the opposite.” Hamilton observed Mercedes’ strengths closely: “They have remarkable power at the end of the straight, this weekend much more than the others. I don’t know where all this comes from, does it depend on the battery or is it simply due to the higher or lower speeds or the smaller turbo? And in this race we were also at high altitude.”

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2026-06-30 06:50:00