UNDER THE HOOD
Jun 02, 2022
3 minutes
PAT SYMONDS
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SPARKING OFF AN IGNITION REVOLUITION
In late 2015 stories emerged of an engineer from Mercedes High Performance Powertrains leaving the organisation to join Ferrari and taking knowledge with him that would benefit the Scuderia. At the time much was made of secret spark plug technology that Mercedes had exploited. It was said this had not only been the largest contributor to the phenomenal performance of the Mercedes engine in 2014 and 2015, now it had also been leaked to Ferrari.
Perhaps the first thing to say to put the record straight is that it is highly
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