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MGU-K gremlin ‘not the reason Mercedes lost'

Mercedes say the lurking MGU-K gremlin was not the reason they lost both qualifying and the race to Red Bull at the season finale in Abu Dhabi. Red Bull had the last laugh at the end of the 2020 season with Max Verstappen coming out on top in a thrilling pole position battle before completely dominating race proceedings come Sunday night at the Yas Marina circuit. Mercedes boss Toto Wolff revealed after qualifying that their cars had the engines turned down due to concerns over the MGU-K element that was causing reliability issues for customer teams Racing Point and Williams. Both Mercedes driver said after the race they were unaware of a power loss, but whilst it did happen, Mercedes...
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