Confirmed the ‘Austria’ scheme
Andrea Kimi Antonelli will start from the back of the grid in Monza because Mercedes will introduce the fifth power unit of the season for the Italian driver, one more than the four allowed by the regulations.
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Although Mercedes can use an ADUO token to improve the power unit’s performance as already happened with the unit introduced in Austria, in this case too, according to the latest issue of Autosprint, the Mercedes power unit will have no performance updates, but reliability has been improved.
“A fresher and more efficient unit“, is the description by the historic weekly regarding the engine with which Antonelli will try to climb back on Sunday in search of valuable points to counter the rivals’ recovery who will have the great opportunity to close the gap in the Drivers’ standings.
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Also George Russell will soon have to introduce a fifth power unit starting from the back of the grid. The likely weekend is that of Baku in Azerbaijan.