{"id":833435,"date":"2026-07-29T10:19:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:19:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/833435\/"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:19:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:19:09","slug":"mercedes-prepares-aduo-upgrade-to-ruin-ferraris-monza-f1-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/833435\/","title":{"rendered":"Mercedes prepares ADUO upgrade to ruin Ferrari’s Monza F1 party"},"content":{"rendered":"

(GMM) Mercedes is reportedly preparing an upgraded ADUO power unit for Monza as reliability problems and renewed performance pressure threaten its strong start to the 2026 season.<\/p>\n

The revised power unit is understood to feature changes to the combustion chamber, turbocharger and Petronas fuel, despite Mercedes initially planning to move away from further ADUO development and focus on 2027.<\/p>\n

Editor\u2019s Note: Ferrari is desperate to win the Italian GP at Monza and was planning a big ADUO engine upgrade for that power hungry race. Mercedes will now move to thwart it.<\/p>\n

FIA found Red Bull-Ford to possess the strongest internal combustion engine, although the legality and application of ADUO remain contentious.<\/p>\n

Max Verstappen confirmed Red Bull is still discussing the issue with the FIA. \u201cYou mentioned the engine,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWell, I would love to have some ADUO as well. Yeah, somehow. But that\u2019s\u2026 I don\u2019t know.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll see. We\u2019ll have another look after the break.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for Mercedes, it could introduce its upgrade at the Italian GP, but championship leader Kimi Antonelli has already reached the permitted limit of four power units and would therefore take a grid penalty.<\/p>\n

Ferrari is also reportedly preparing an ADUO upgrade along with a new low-downforce rear wing for Monza.<\/p>\n

Sky Deutschland<\/a> pundit Ralf Schumacher says Mercedes can no longer afford to delay its next major upgrade.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we talk about upgrades, I found it interesting what Toto Wolff said,\u201d he said. He immediately let it be known that they have to look at the budget ceiling.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s very interesting. Apparently they are already tight on cash, although I can hardly believe that in July or August.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWolff also pointed to Ferrari earlier and said he could not explain how they could continue to upgrade. Mercedes urgently needs to introduce an upgrade.\u201d<\/p>\n

Reliability is an equally serious concern, with Antonelli and George Russell already using their fourth engines.<\/p>\n

Russell required a replacement in Hungary after a water leak was detected following Q3, and Wolff admitted the damaged unit was \u201cquite badly damaged\u201d and may not be recoverable.<\/p>\n

Wolff remains hopeful Mercedes can avoid penalties by returning to previously used components, but acknowledged Monza may become the logical place to introduce another engine.<\/p>\n

\"MercedesMercedes 2026 F1 drivers and Toto Wolff (R). Image supplied by Mercedes<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s one (race) that\u2019s very special for Kimi, but it seems like a good place to take an engine change penalty,\u201d said the Mercedes boss.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo I have to talk to (father) Marco about whether we want to take the penalty in Monza. We could take the pressure off his shoulders by starting from the back,\u201d Wolff joked.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut the fact is that our reliability was simply not good enough. Whether we accept a penalty or not remains to be seen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) Mercedes is reportedly preparing an upgraded ADUO power unit for Monza as reliability problems and renewed performance…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":833436,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[441],"tags":[49,48,578,576,577,82],"class_list":["post-833435","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833435","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833435"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833435\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833436"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833435"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833435"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833435"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}