Niki Lauda has promptly played down suggestions dominant Mercedes is bleeding engineers to Ferrari.<\/p>\n
Italy’s La Gazzetta dello Sport reported that a couple of handsful of engineers from rival teams have started work at Maranello, including a trio who previously worked on Mercedes’ currently-dominant turbo V6 power unit.<\/p>\n
But Mercedes team chairman Lauda insisted at Silverstone: “We have all the important engineers firmly under contract.<\/p>\n
“They are staying,” the great Austrian reiterated.\u00a0 “We have long term contracts with our major engineers.”<\/p>\n
Germany’s Auto Motor und Sport said one of them is Mercedes’ most important engine man, Andy Cowell, who is under contract for the next five years at least.<\/p>\n
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