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Mercedes/Williams engine disparity 'a logistical issue'

 XPB Images Toto Wolff has explained that the current engine disparity between the Mercedes factory team and Williams is a matter of logistics, not intentional strategy. The two Mercedes drivers Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg are benefiting from a newer specification of the manufacturer's power unit than its leading customer team, but Wolff insisted this week that this hadn't been done intentionally in order to give the works team a competitive advantage on track. The FIA announced this week that it will not be allowing manufactuers to offer different specifications to customer teams in 2016, with Article 23.5 of next year's regulations stating: "Only power units which are...
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