@newtonmeter
Even as a hardened silberpfeil-ista I prefer to see merc struggle initially and then come good. Makes the achievements even more sweet!
But I agree nobody knows who is where regards engines and ERS.
Reports late last year of Mercs almighty power advantage is just media hyperbole which is setting the team up for unjustified flak.
If they are level pegging with the rest it will then be seen as a failure of sorts.
It should be noted that it was not of mercedes doing either.
What gets me is the story fails to mention how they got power figures from all 3 suppliers to reliably concoct the story.