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Mercedes 'will not like' party mode ban - Verstappen

Aug.15 Toto Wolff has warned Mercedes' rivals against celebrating the forthcoming ban on so-called 'party mode' engine settings too soon. Earlier in Barcelona, Lewis Hamilton said he thinks the FIA's plans to mandate just a single engine setting for both qualifying and the grand prix from the next race at Spa is a clear move to slow Mercedes down. Mercedes boss Wolff says that if that is the motivation, he wouldn't even mind. "It has always been the case in Formula 1 that pulling back the leaders is something that is good for the sport," he said. Wolff freely admits that Mercedes' power unit has a "good quali mode" - and Red Bull-Honda's Max Verstappen certainly...
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