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Mercedes’ Cowell Unsupportive of Formula 1’s New Three-Engine Rule
Andy Cowell, the Managing Director of Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains, believes the decision to reduce the allowed number of power units from four to three in 2018 is ‘crazy’, believing the reduction will have the opposite effect the FIA was hoping for. Cowell is unsupportive of the move, despite the Mercedes-Benz power unit being one of the most reliable on the grid, mainly because the move to go down to three units will mean manufacturers will have to redo a number of their parts in order to offer as much reliability to their teams as possible. 'It's crazy,' said Cowell to Italian publication Corriere dello Sport, 'because the manufacturers will have to virtually redo many...
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