{"id":202715,"date":"2025-06-21T14:16:09","date_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202715\/"},"modified":"2025-06-21T14:16:09","modified_gmt":"2025-06-21T14:16:09","slug":"mercedes-f1-engines-good-as-gold-despite-recent-reliability-issues-says-toto-wolff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/202715\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes F1 engines \u201cgood as gold\u201d despite recent reliability issues, says Toto Wolff"},"content":{"rendered":"

Toto Wolff has defended Mercedes\u2019 Formula 1 engines as \u201cgood as gold\u201d after a series of reliability issues in recent Formula 1 races, stressing that the \u201cfailures have been minimal\u201d.<\/p>\n

Wolff made the remark after last weekend\u2019s Canadian Grand Prix, which saw Williams<\/a> driver Alex Albon<\/a> retire after just seven laps after a \u201cPU\u201d engine on his Mercedes unit.<\/p>\n

It was the latest in a series of reliability issues for Mercedes<\/a> which have affected both its factory team and engine customers Williams and Aston Martin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rookie Kimi Antonelli <\/a>notably retired from his home race at Imola due to what was described as a throttle issue, while a loss of oil pressure in the engine led to another DNF in the Spanish GP.<\/p>\n

Teammate George Russell<\/a>, who claimed victory in Canada, also encountered problems earlier in the season, with an electrical issue in Monaco qualifying cutting short his session in Q2 and compromising his weekend.<\/p>\n

Customer team Aston Martin hasn\u2019t been spared either, with Fernando Alonso<\/a> suffering a power loss in Monaco before ultimately retiring from the race.<\/p>\n

However, Mercedes team principal Wolff isn\u2019t concerned by these issues, pointing to the German brand’s historically strong record since the introduction of the V6 hybrid engines in 2014.<\/p>\n

Mercedes stole a march on its F1<\/a> rivals when the current 1.6-litre six-cylinder engines were introduced just over a decade ago, winning seven consecutive drivers\u2019 titles and eight consecutive constructors\u2019 championships in a row from 2014-21.<\/p>\n

“Our engines have been as good as gold since the introduction of the hybrid era – and so strong,” Wolff was quoted by RacingNews365.<\/p>\n

“As it is the final year [of the rules set], all sights are on next year.<\/p>\n

“And Hywel [Thomas, HPP managing director] and his group are fully on top of the reliability issues that we have.”<\/p>\n

He added: “And statistically, if you look at the many years, the failures we had were very minimal.<\/p>\n

“So we need to learn now what happened. I don’t know what happened to Alex Albon actually, but I’m sure we’ll understand it.”<\/p>\n

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