Oct.5 F1's governing body rejected a complaint from Red Bull about the way title rival Mercedes' Formula 1 engine operates. We reported last month that the latest technical needle between the title-warring teams was Red Bull and Ferrari's suspicions about how Mercedes managed to improve its engine this year amid the homologation rules. 'According to them, the secret is in the intercooler,' Auto Motor und Sport correspondent Michael Schmidt revealed, adding that it is about the temperature of the compressed air for a 20 horsepower gain. 'The question is how far the air can be cooled and whether the sensor is mounted in a place where relevant values can be determined,' he added. But...
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