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Mercedes will not solve 2016 F1 clutch problem

Mercedes will not solve 2016 clutch problem Toto Wolff has admitted Mercedes' two drivers may continue to struggle with their race starts this year. Just 8 points separate Nico Rosberg from Lewis Hamilton, and the latter has warned that a troublesome clutch system could actually decide the outcome over the final 6 races. 'We have always had starts in the last few races that were not ideal,' Mercedes team boss Wolff admitted to the German broadcaster Sky. 'It's our Achilles heel and we will not be able to solve it this year,' he revealed. 'We have to change the architecture of the clutch for the coming year, because at the moment of course it is a problem for us,' said Wolff. After early...
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