Mercedes released a video of its new power unit firing up on Monday, ahead of an expected shakedown of its new car at Silverstone this week. The team is the first to show off its exhaust configuration, with two additional pipes exiting from the wastegate in order to try and improve the noise level. Mercedes similarly tried to increase the volume with a trumpet exhaust during testing in 2014 (pictured). It didn't go so well...

Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.

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