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Wolff not sure about reliability of new Mercedes engine

Uncertainty about the ‘development engine' now successfully powering the Silver Arrows cars is the reason Mercedes' customers are not being offered the new specification. That is the explanation of Toto Wolff, after drivers of customer teams Force India and Williams expressed some consternation that they are now a step behind their works Mercedes-powered rivals. He explained: 'The new engine that we have had since Monza is a development engine. We wanted to try a different direction for 2016. But we are not yet certain about it.' 'So to do this exercise at all, we had to limit the production — when we had a problem with Nico (Rosberg's engine) we were not even sure if we...
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