Valtteri Bottas will avoid a grid penalty at this weekend’s Formula 1 Portugu♛ese G🎉rand Prix following his power unit failure in Germany, Mercedes has confirmed.

Bottas was force🌜d to retire from the Nurburgring race after Mercedes discovered a problem which it initially suspected was related to the MGU-H.

Mercedes opted to retire the car, fe🦄aring that keeping Bottas out could result in serious damage to his engine and a change that would incur a grid penalty.

Team principal Toto Wolff said the decision to stop Bottas’ car🧔 “prevented mechanical damage to his power unit”, revealing Mercedes believed the problem to be with the Control ♏Electronics.

On Thursday, Mercedes confirmed that to be the case.✃ The team has fitted the cars of Bottas and teammate Lewis Hamilton with new CE components for this weekend and have also made calibration changes in a bid to avoid a repeat of the issue.

It is the second module change for both drivers and within the permitted allocation, meaning no grid penalties will be 🃏trig🐻gered.

The news is a boost to Mercedes’ slim hopes ಞof securing a record seventh straight constructors’ titlജe, which it will clinch if it ends the weekend with a 220-point advantage over nearest rivals Red Bull.

“Of co♛urse it has been a strong year again, and as a driver you’re always a 🃏proud team member,” Bottas said of the prospect of achieving the feat with five races to spare.

“It’s incredible what the team is doing and e⛄veryone is still pushing so hard, always 𓆉keep raising the bar and that’s bringing success.

“Of course nothing has been won yet and there’s no point, re🌳ally, of thinking too much about it e💧ven if there’s a slim chance, this weekend, that we can get it.

“But it’s not the main thing in our mind, we’re here to win the rac🌌e, to do our best, but I hope we’ll get it eventual♔ly this year.”