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McLaren Team Principal Andreas Seidl says he didn’t see a difference between Mercedes’ “spicy” engine in Brazil and the other units they used throughout the season.
At the 2021 Brazilian Grand Prix Mercedes fitted Lewis Hamilton’s car with a fresh power unit and the Briton proceeded to blow away his competition in sprint qualifying and the main race.
The power unit that Toto Wolff dubbed the “spicy engine” was again used in Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi. However, McLaren’s Andreas Seidl says there was nothing different with that unit.
“When I look into the data, and we compare the data from other teams, I don’t see that there was ever an extraordinary ‘spicy’ engine around,” Seidl said.
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“I guess that’s a question for Toto. What does that wording actually mean. In the end, we were happy with what we got supplied the entire year from Mercedes.
“It is clear that it’s the same for every power unit manufacturer. Whenever you install a new engine compared to one that is high mileage, there is a difference in terms of power because of the natural degradation engines are having. That can cost some tenths.
“I see the same throughout the grid. But I don’t see anything spectacular or particular there on teams or power unit manufacturers,” the German concluded.
