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Mercedes hits 900bhp with more improvements coming up

Mercedes' Andy Cowell has confirmed that the team's engine facility at Brixworth have managed to hit 900bhp with their hybrid 1.6l turbo V6 Formula One engine. Even more so, Cowell is adamant that the limit is far from being reached. Talking to media at Mercedes' High Performance Power Trains headquarters in Brixworth, Andy Cowell revealed Mercedes has hit 900bhp last year, reaching thermal efficiency of 45% that will continue to go up in the next years. 'We've made some huge gains in the last few years as we have done the development,' he told reporters. 'We have made good gains over the past two years of racing and I don't see that stopping. I don't think anybody here sees that we have...
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