Mercedes has confirmed that all six of its Formula 1 power units at this weekend's French Grand Prix are its latest specification that had been due in Canada earlier thﷺis month, acting as a boost to Lewis Hamilton's title battle against Fꦓerrari's Sebastian Vettel.

Mercedes had intended to introdꦆuce its updated power unit to both its factory team and its customers - Williams anܫd Force India - in Canada when Renault, Ferrari and Honda all introduced their new specification engines, only for it to be delayed due to a quality issue.

It was confirmed ahead of Friday practice at Paul Ricard that all of the Mercedes, Williams, and Force India cars💝 had received fresh power units ahead of the race weekend, with the German manufacturer later making official that they are the uﷺpdated specification with some "added goodness" beyond what was planned for Canada.

"All six Mercedes-powered cars were fitted with fresh ICE, Turbocharger and MGU-H for this weekend. Those new component♎s are of an upgraded specification which contains reliability and performance updates," a Mercedes spokesperson confirmed🅷.

"While we would have had a Phase 2 in Cnaada, this is a Phase 2.1 with some 'added goodness' thanks to a ꦏfantastic effort by the team in Brixworth. Since Canada, they have reworked six race units plus spares, all of which are on๊ site.

"We plan to continue running these PUs for the rest of th﷽e race weekend."

Mercedes works drive✱r Hamilton was left on the backfoot compared to his Ferrari and Renault-powered rivals in Canada, struggling to a fifth-place finish in the race as Sebastian Vettel moved back into the drivers' championship lead with a comfortable victory.

Hamilton i﷽mpressed for Mercedes through practice on Friday at Paul Ricard, leading both FP1 and FP2 with an advantage of seven-tenths of a second come the end of the day.