News Details

Mercedes confirms 'phase 2.1' upgrade for Hamilton and Bottas

Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri Bottas will both be equipped with a new specification of Mercedes engine for this weekend's French Grand Prix. The team had originally planned to introduce the upgrade in time for Canada. However at the last minute a quality issue forced them to switch back to the old power units that the drivers had already used for six full races. The FIA confirmed earlier on Friday that Mercedes had fitted new internal combustion engines, turbochargers and MGU-Hs to both their cars for this weekend. However, the team had been tight lipped about whether these parts were the new specification. It was only confirmed after the end of Friday practice - which saw Hamilton in...
Full Story »
7y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Mercedes confirms use of 'Phase 2.1' engine in France

Mercedes has confirmed that the W09s of Lewis Hamilton and Valtteri...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Hamilton: Not worried if we have to use the older...

Mercedes kept everyone guessing on Thursday whether Lewis Hamilton will...
7y ago from GrandPrix247.com

FP1: Hamilton edges Bottas as France returns

Running a new engine, although Mercedes won't say if it is the new spec,...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Mercedes unveil ‘phase 2.1' engine in France

Mercedes have confirmed that they have fitted their cars with a...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rookie Caio Collet fastest in two-day Indy 500 open...

The NTT IndyCar Series held its traditional two-day open test for the...
18h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'He's hardly played any games' - Pundit claims Mikel...

Gabby Agbonlahor believes Mikel Arteta does not trust Arsenal midfielder...
51m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal target 35m-rated UCL semi-finalist with 21 G/A...

Serge Gnabry has been an outstanding performer for Bayern Munich since...
30m ago from CaughtOffside.com

Paul Merson predicts Manchester United vs Liverpool...

I went to the Premier League game at the Emirates last weekend and I could...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Update: Man Utd could use Sir Alex Ferguson to beat...

Manchester United are reportedly considering using their legendary former...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.