Pali malipoti kuti injini ya Mercedes AMG ikhoza kukhala yamphamvu kwambiri kuposa momwe amaganizira poyamba.
Mu pre-season, Mercedes AMG PU106A Hybrid anali apamwamba kuposa mpikisano. Zotsatira za mpikisano woyamba wa mpikisano wa Formula 1, ku Melbourne, Australia, zikuwonetsa kulamulira kwa mphamvu yamagetsi iyi, ndi magalimoto 6 omwe ali ndi injini ya Mercedes AMG kuonetsetsa kupezeka kwa malo 11 oyambirira.
Nikki Lauda analola kuti asadutse, asananyamuke kupita ku Melbourne, kuti V6 1.6 Turbo iyenera kubwereketsa mozungulira 580hp. Ndi ERS mphamvu yobwezeretsa mphamvu (MGU-K kuphatikiza MGU-H) ikuwonjezera 160hp, chiwerengerocho chidzafika 740hp. Ngakhale mutakhala pa 740hp, zidanenedwa panthawiyo kuti izi zikutanthauza pafupifupi 100hp kuposa mayunitsi a Renault ndi Ferrari. Ngakhale zili choncho, mtengo uwu ungakhale kutali ndi zenizeni.
Nkhani yaposachedwa yomwe idasindikizidwa mu nyuzipepala ya Bild ku Germany yawonjezera mafuta pamoto pofotokoza kuti injini ya Mercedes AMG ikhoza kutulutsa 900hp yowopsa kwambiri , kulungamitsa kulamulira kwake mu Australian Grand Prix. Ngakhale magulu odziwika bwino monga Force India apeza zotsatira mu Top 10, motsutsana ndi zonena kuti mphamvu zitha kukhala zapamwamba kwambiri.
Helmut Marko, wa ku Red Bull, wokhala ndi injini za Renault, atafunsidwa za kusiyana kothekera kumeneku kwa mphamvu kuchokera pa 740 mpaka 900hp, anati: “Injiniyo ndithudi ili ndi mphamvu zambiri kuposa zimene zatulutsidwa. Mercedes alibe vuto ndi injini ndipo ali ndi mphamvu zambiri. "
Nico Rosberg adakwanitsa mwayi pafupifupi theka la miniti pamalo achiwiri, omwe ndi ochuluka. Ngakhale Lewis Hamilton kuchotsa, ndi imodzi mwa masilindala kupereka mavuto ndi kuwulula kuti akadali kofunika kuyeretsa m'mbali zina, titha kukhala pamaso pa injini, kapena m'malo - kwambiri lalikulu mphamvu jenereta(!) wa 2014 nyengo. .