In Brixworth they have created a true gem
The 2026 F1 World Championship has so far awarded 8 wins and as many pole positions between Sprint and GP and the Mercedes power units have won them all. Mercedes has won all the GPs always securing pole position in qualifying, McLaren completed the ‘clean sweep’ with Norris’s pole and victory in the Sprint Qualifying and the Miami GP Sprint.
That the Mercedes power unit would be competitive was certainly no secret within the paddock. Alpine decided to abandon in-house production just to put the engines made in Brixworth under the hood. The result is fifth place in the Constructors’ Championship, a nice leap compared to last place in 2025.
At the end of the Miami GP, as many as seven cars out of the 10 that scored points were powered by a Mercedes engine, the only absence being Pierre Gasly’s Alpine, taken out by a misjudgment braking error by Liam Lawson.
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But what are the secrets of the Mercedes power unit that make it so performing? According to corriere.it, it has managed to interpret the new regulations better than anyone else. A super-stable compression ratio, combined with efficient combustion, would indeed allow lower consumption and more effective recharge cycles, maintaining a constant level of available energy.
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