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Wolff denies Mercedes ran engines in lower power mode
Article To news overview Mercedes boss Toto Wolff has denied the claims of former engineer Paddy Lowe that the dominant team ran their engines in lower power modes in 2014, in a bid to hide their true performance levels. Lowe, who worked at Mercedes until 2016, appeared on the Beyond the Grid podcast earlier this week and claimed that the team had run their engines in an 'idle mode' during 2014, utilising just enough power to stay at the front of the pack. This was done as they felt using full power and revealing the true extent of their domination would result in a rule change. Lowe claimed that Wolff would make the call regarding how much power to use, always attempting to strike a...
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