Mercedes V6 turbo engine Force India chief Otmar Szafnauer is convinced that Mercedes' dominant V6 turbo power unit concept will be copied by rivals Renault, Ferrari and Honda in 2015. The German marque's initial energy recovery-boosted turbo ‘power unit' design has utterly dominated so far in 2014, with all four Mercedes-powered teams within the top six places in the constructors' world championship. But amid the so-called engine development ‘freeze', manufacturers will nonetheless be able to make substantial modifications – up to 48 per cent of the entire ‘power unit' layout – for next year. Asked if he thinks that means the Mercedes will simply be...
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