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Wolff justifies why engine update isn't being offered
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Head of Mercedes-Benz Motorsport Toto Wolff believes that offering the German power unit's latest spec to its customers would not be in their best interests. Mercedes' engineers exploited the outstanding allowance of tokens to upgrade the engine just before the Italian Grand Prix, but restricted its availability exclusively to the factory team. The decision ruffled the feathers of its customers, among which Williams and Rob Smedley who contended that an immediate widespread use of the power unit would accelerate its development for 2016. But Wolff disagreed, refusing to assign the engine to Williams, Lotus and Force India until satisfactory assurance over reliability...
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