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Wolff: We pushed power unit too hard
Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff has admitted that they pushed Nico Rosberg's power unit too hard in the Italian Grand Prix. After a poor start, Rosberg was running third in Sunday's race and closing on Sebastien Vettel when his engine let go with two laps remaining. It was the German's – and Mercedes' – first DNF of the season and afterwards Wolff said they should have known better. Indeed the power unit had already done five races, Rosberg having to revert to it ahead of qualifying the day before when the upgraded unit developed an issue. “Nico climbed back through the field thanks to strong pace and some great work on the pit wall, when he made an aggressive early stop to...
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