An analysis after the Styrian Grand Prix showed that Mercedes currently has a more powerful engine than Honda and Renault. Moreover, it was noticed that Lewis Hamilton reached the finish line with ten kilograms of fuel left, while the tank of Max Verstappen was practically empty. According to information in the possession of Motorsport.com, the Mercedes engine has about a thousand horsepower. The Honda engine of Red Bull Racing is currently supposed to yield twenty bhp on the power unit of the German racing stable. The fact that the Japanese are lagging behind was also discovered earlier by Auto, Motor und Sport. The RB16 will have to compensate some tenths that it loses in this respect in...
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