Mercedes will be stronger in the races once ‘party mode’ engine settings are banned. Other reports claim the ban, which would limit cars to a single engine power setting for qualifying and the race, will now fall on Monza. But according to Mercedes’ Wolff, Red Bull should in fact not be looking forward to the ban. “In fact, five fewer laps of qualifying mode gives us 25 more laps of race performance. But we always keep a margin on what we can extract from the power unit and if we have to be limited in qualifying modes, then we can be stronger in the race.”.

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