Malaysian heat will test limits of new F1 power units 20 March, 2014 According to Mercedes ‘cooling' will be the buzzword when Formula 1 descends on Sepang for the Malaysian Grand Prix weekend. The German marque dominated in Melbourne, but Sepang is always among the very hottest destinations on the Formula 1 calendar — and the new ‘power unit' rules for 2014 are posing much greater cooling problems for the teams. 'New GP, new problems,' Mercedes chairman Niki Lauda told Osterreich newspaper. He also told German broadcaster RTL: 'Malaysia will be more difficult (than Melbourne). 'In Sepang actually we are starting from scratch because of the high humidity and temperature...
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