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SOME TIME BEFORE THE BELGIAN Grand Prix, Red Bull submitted a query to the FIA regarding the placement of the heat sensors within the Mercedes power unit’s intake plenum. This was initiated after Red Bull had observed from GPS traces that the Mercedes displayed occasional bursts of enhanced power under acceleration out of corners before then reverting to ‘normal’.

Since the pre-season launch of the W12 it has been speculated that the unusually big plenum

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