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Smedley: F1 engine unfreeze pointless

Williams head of vehicle performance Rob Smedley believes an engine unfreeze in F1 would lead to status quo at large cost. Ferrari and Renault want to be able to bring a raft of updates to the power unit during the season from next year onwards, with the current regulations preventing any performance development once the engines have been frozen ahead of the first race. However, Mercedes – which enjoys a large performance advantage at present but was open to discussions over an unfreeze – has rejected the idea. When it was put to Smedley that Williams would want to protect the advantage it has with Mercedes, he replied: “I don't think it's an advantage. “What you have to consider...
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