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Mercedes yet to show full potential says Costa
Designer Aldo Costa denies Mercedes has played it too safe with the new title-defending W06. The Brackley team utterly dominated the first season of the new turbo V6 rules in 2014 and is expected to maintain that advantage this year. But as testing kicked off at Jerez last week, it was Ferrari that set the headline times amid rumours it has found between 40 and 80 horse power over the winter. Indeed, La Gazzetta dello Sport told Mercedes' Italian designer Costa that the new W06 does appear at least visibly very similar to the 2014 car. "The car is an evolution," he confirmed. "But in reality it is very different in many parts that cannot be seen from the outside." As for...
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