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Mercedes customers await news on upgraded F1 engine

The three Mercedes customer F1 teams are still waiting to see when they will be offered the upgraded engine used by Lewis Hamilton to win the Italian GP. Mercedes utilised all seven of its 2015 development tokens on the engine, which is actually a 2016 project that it opted to bring forward into this season. The logistical complication is that it is Mercedes policy to treat all teams equally, so Brixworth would in theory have to make six units available on the same race weekend for the customers, as well as having enough to service the needs of Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. In addition, Lotus, Force India and Williams would have to have access to an upgraded fuel spec in order to take full...
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