The Mercedes engine failed in Australia in the car of George Russell and the alarms went off for reliability. Also at Aston Martin, a client team that has already added three podium finishes with Fernando Alonso at that beginning of 2023.
But the engine failure had nothing to do with its own failure. Toto Wolff He pointed out that something had probably entered the cylinder and now the German press confirms it a week after the Baku test.
‘Auto Motor und Sport’ reports that the British driver’s engine could not be rescued and that small fire that occurred was related to an external particle.
Of course, Mercedes must be attentive. In this case it was not a reliability failure but it was in Saudi Arabia, where Lance Stroll he had to park his Aston Martin due to an engine exhaust failure.
At Aston Martin they don’t want scares. They have designed a competitive car, but without the engine they are going nowhere. Let them tell Alonso and McLaren-Honda almost a decade ago. That engine, which Alonso described as “GP2” sent him to the bottom of the grid every weekend.
F1 is finally back in a week and Aston Martin will bring huge improvements. The most outstanding is that rear wing to increase its top speed and get closer to Max Verstappen and Checo Perez.
