End of the V8 F1 engine era: signing off the Mercedes V8 engine

We take you behind the scenes at Mercedes AMG High Performance Powertrains in Brixworth, UK for the sign-off of the last ever Mercedes Formula 1 V8 engine to leave the factory: unit FF73.

The procedure you will see is called "BIPO" - Break In, Pass Off - and is the process that every engine must go through before it's passed fit for track running.

So sit back and relish the end of a remarkable era of F1 engine noise and power. But remember: there's no time for sentimentality in F1: en exciting future is just around the corner....

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Leopold Pleijsier founded F1-Fansite.com in 2001 and has followed Formula 1 since the early 1980s. He writes about daily F1 news, race weekends, drivers and the sport’s history.

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