The German manufacturer has admitted to facing reliability issues with its internal combustion engine ൩that have already forced both the works team and its customer outfits to take grid penalt🔯ies. 

Valtteri Bottas has used six ICE elements, while tဣeammate Ham♚ilton had a grid penalty at the Turkish Grand Prix after switching onto his fourth V6 of the campaign. 

Mercedes has been introducing fresh internal combustion engines amid fears it could🐽 suffer a failure that could have “catastrophic” consequences for its championship prospects. 

Speaking on Friday at the Mexico City Grand Prix, Mercedes boss Toto Wolff provided a positive update, revealing the team believes it has now got to the bottom of its problems🐼. 

“I think 🐷we're feeling more robustඣ about one particular issue that seems to be solved,” Wolff said. 

Wolff ruled out either Mercedes driver taking any furthe⛄r engine penalties in Mexico due to the difficulties of overtaking, citing Bottas’ struggles to make progress in the United States Grand Pr♔ix. 

“I think it's never right to take a penaltꦯy, becauꦏse these days it's so difficult to overtake,” he explained. 

“You can see that Valtteri was absolutely domina♋nt in T♌urkey, but you just get stuck in traffic with the penalty [in Austin]. 

“So we're taking it on the fly. We're deciding, d𝔍o we need the penalty or are we not needing a penalty? And here certainly we won't take one.

“And maybe we don't need any until t🐼he end of t🎃he season. That is really something that is being discussed.”

Hamilton, who trails Red Bull’s Max Verstappen by 12 points in the world championship, stressed ahead of the weekend that Mercedes is aiming to stick with his current pool of engines for the remaining fiv🐈e events. 

“I believe our engines are strong and as far as I 𒆙am aware we are hopefully going to the end,” Hamilton said. "So that is not going to b𝔉e an issue for us hopefully."