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Mercedes not dipping into development tokens yet

Canada marks the perfect point in which to introduce an upgraded power unit for Mercedes, but that won't be the case as the German marque has decided against dipping into its seven development tokens. With just four engines to last 19 rounds, each must complete around five races. Canda is the seventh race on the calendar and a power hungry circuit, therefore any gains in performance translate to huge laptime improvements. TOKENS: WHO HAS WHAT? Renault: 12 Ferrari: 10 Honda: 9 Mercedes: 7 However Mercedes have elected against using its tokens and chosen to instead focus on reliability, despite suffering just one failure across eight cars. It's a decision which will disappoint Lotus CEO...
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