{"id":588585,"date":"2026-04-06T06:41:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:41:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588585\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T06:41:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T06:41:07","slug":"mercedes-not-holding-back-power-unit-information-from-mclaren-stella-racefans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/588585\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes not holding back power unit information from McLaren \u2013 Stella \u2013 RaceFans"},"content":{"rendered":"

McLaren<\/a> team principal Andrea Stella denied their engine supplier Mercedes has been slow to share information about how to get the most out of their power units.<\/p>\n

Following their dominant, championship-winning campaign last year, McLaren began the season far off the pace of Mercedes. Lando Norris<\/a> finished the season-opening race in Australia over 50 seconds off winner George Russell.<\/p>\n

The sudden change in form between the two teams prompted claims Mercedes had been slow to share data with their customers, of which McLaren is one of three. However Stella said there are other reasons for McLaren\u2019s less competitive start to the season.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of power unit exploitation, I would say that the main limitation as a customer team has been the timeline,\u201d he explained. \u201cIt\u2019s been a pushed programme, it\u2019s been pushed from all teams, for all competitors.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe delivery of the MCL40 that was pushed up to the last minute. The same has happened for the power unit manufacturers.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s relatively normal that in this condition, as a customer, you tend to be a little bit on the back foot, and we are learning together with our HPP [Mercedes High Performance Powertrains] engineers how to use the power unit.\u201d<\/p>\n

Stella insisted Mercedes have been forthcoming with information about their power unit. \u201cThey are learning together with us. It\u2019s not like information is held back. There\u2019s maximum sharing.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe work very well with HPP and with our engineers. We\u2019ve been world champions together three times in the last two years, so the relationship is great.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s more about catching up with the timeline. So, we remain pretty optimistic that, like I said before, we are now not far from maximum exploitation from a power unit point of view.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the frustration of failing to start with either car in China, McLaren rebounded in Japan. Oscar Piastri<\/a> led the opening stages and finished 13 seconds behind race winner Andrea Kimi Antonelli, who got ahead of him through a Safety Car period.<\/p>\n

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