2026 Mercedes-AMG Petronas F1 Team

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The Race

- Mercedes makes software fix after Spa problems

The Mercedes Formula 1 team has made deployment software modifications ahead of this weekend’s Hungarian Grand Prix to help address a problem it found deep in the code on George Russell’s car in Belgium.
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The problem that Russell faced in qualifying was related to an element deep in the code on his power unit that meant his deployment was being front-loaded around the lap.

This meant that, as part of the adjustments that are made by the algorithms to manage energy around the lap, it was more biased to using extra energy on the run to Les Combes.

This, allied to some differences in how he and Antonelli then impacted harvesting and battery usage around the middle sector, meant he was short of power for the run to the final chicane.

Having uncovered the issue in the code that got exposed in Belgium, Mercedes has put countermeasures in place from this weekend to try to make sure that there are no repeat problems.

Deployment should also not be too big a factor in Hungary as it is a much more energy-rich circuit layout.

Okay so can we can it with the idea that George was the problem?

Not really, only if they were running different versions of software. That they were differently impacted does not mean the software was different.

[Quantum]

Not really, only if they were running different versions of software. That they were differently impacted does not mean the software was different.

How does running the same software mitigate software as the cause?

Like saying a drivers engine blows up is the drivers fault because the other driver's engine made it home.
In outlier examples this would happen, it would not be patterned as we are seeing at the moment.

[AR3-GP]

https://www.independent.co.uk/f1/kimi-a ... 20298.html

Antonelli to sit out FP1 for Frederik Vesti.

[Waz]

Sounds like the old cracked chassis. But the new version is deep in the code.

Anyway, perfect timing, because no long straights.