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Mercedes insists engine unfreeze would be 'ridiculous'

Mercedes insists engine unfreeze would be 'ridiculous'

  • Published on 03 Nov 2014 12:12
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  • By: Rob Veenstra
Mercedes appears less inclined than ever to give in to its rivals' demands for an engine 'unfreeze' ahead of the 2015 season. Media reports in Italy suggest Ferrari boss Marco Mattiacci may have pulled off a political masterstroke over the US GP weekend by convincing F1's dominant force to agree to a relaxing of the development homologation rules.

But listening to Mercedes bosses Toto Wolff and Niki Lauda, it is difficult to imagine that is true. "They're saying they want to develop the engine during the year," Wolff is quoted by Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper. "I think this is an incredible nonsense. It just costs a lot more and the order would not change."

Lauda, the German team's chairman, agrees, estimating the additional cost per manufacturer of expanding the engine 'freeze' as at least EUR 10 million. "We would not allow that," he is quoted by Italy's La Repubblica. "It is irrational and senseless."

"Ridiculous," the F1 legend continued to charge. "Mercedes wins its first title for 100 years and they want to change the rules. Ferrari can still work on 48 per cent of the engine. There is nothing to defreeze," said Lauda. "It's already thawed." (GMM)
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  • denis1304

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    I don't know for 100%, but could Force India or Williams block "unfreezing"

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    • Nov 6 2014 - 14:11

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