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Alpine’s Nielsen blasts Mercedes critics: ‘Do something about it’
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13/02/2026 at 14:2413/02/2026 at 13:44 40 SHARES Share on.. Share on.. Share on.. Alpine managing director Steve Nielsen has had enough of the whining by Mercedes’ rivals and has urged them to “put some skin in the game” and act rather than just voice complaints. At the heart of the storm? The German manufacturer’s power unit and its controversial compression ratio – a "loophole" that Mercedes’ rivals claim gives the Silver Arrows an unfair advantage. For Nielsen, the unit – which now powers Alpine’s cars – sits firmly within the rulebook, and he has no sympathy for those who seek loopholes to stir controversy. “They’ve got...
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