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VIDEO: Mercedes fires up its 2016 power unit

Mercedes has followed Honda and Ferrari in releasing a video of its 2016 power unit firing up.

With the team set to shake down its new car this week at Silverstone, Mercedes released a video of its new power unit for its 2016 car - the W07 - firing up on Monday, with a configuration of two wastegate pipes below the main exhaust.

You can watch the video via the embedded tweet below:

The Mercedes power unit has been the dominant engine since the new regulations were introduced in 2014, with the works team going on to win 32 of the 38 races over the past two seasons.

Andy Cowell - managing director of Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains - recently said he doesn't see development of the current power unit technology slowing down any time soon.

This year Mercedes will also supply Williams, Force India and Manor with power units.

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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.