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Mercedes want engine loophole closed despite benefitting
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff has called for the engine loophole used so successfully by Lewis Hamilton this weekend to be closed, after the Briton incurred a 55-place grid penalty for changing his power unit three times. Hamilton took advantage of the rule which means a driver can change their engine as many times as they like during a race weekend, in order to create a pool of components to use over the season without incurring further penalties, but only drop to the back of the grid as penalties aren't carried over to following events. Therefore a 55-place grid penalty will only ever see a driver drop a maximum of 21 places. Despite benefitting massively from the loophole,...
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