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'Mercedes is playing with everyone', says despondent Marko

Despite Ferrari's win in the Australian Grand Prix, Red Bull's Helmut Marko believes Mercedes' overall supremacy will remain intact until 2021, and suggests F1 intervene to install engine parity between the sport's manufacturers. Mercedes has made no secret of the progress over the winter of its already dominant power unit. But adding insult to its rivals' injury, the German team also enjoys a surplus of power in qualifying thanks to a little button on the Silver Arrows steering wheel which activates the engine's 'party mode'. For Marko, it's a depressing state of affairs, not only for Mercedes' rivals but also for F1 fans who were hoping for a closer battle in 2018. "Mercedes is...
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