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Fry: Takes longer to fix new cars
Should anything go wrong with the new F1 cars, Pat Fry has revealed the teams need twice as long to fix the problems as they did in previous seasons.
Several teams have had a stuttering start to pre-season testing, at times missing hours of running due to problems.
Ferrari is one of the teams that have fallen foul of this.
Technical issues throughout testing have cost the team hours of running with Fry revealing that this is because it takes longer to fix these more complicated cars.
The Ferrari engineering director told Autosport: "The cars are so complicated, it takes a while to get in and find the problems.
"It's harder getting to the bits you need to change than changing the...
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