Mercedes believes the upcoming ban on qualifying engine modes may actually help its overall competitiveness in races this season.
Ahead of the next race in Belgium, the FIA is expected to inform the teams via a technical directive that high-power engine modes for qualifying will effectively be banned.
Technical directives are issued by the FIA to offer guidance on regulations, allowing the governing body to inform the teams about how they expect the rules to be followed. The upcoming technical directive on engine modes is expected to require teams to run their power unit with the same settings in both qualifying and the race.