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Wind tunnel ban a 'foolish' idea says Ferrari's Allison

Ferrari's technical director James Allison has called Christian Horner's proposal for a wind tunnel ban "extremely foolish". The Red Bull boss recently suggested the idea as part of measures to reduce costs in the sport, whilst believing a reliance on CFD (computational fluid dynamics) is the future of F1. Allison though doesn't believe CFD is at an advanced enough stage to become the sole development tool. "That would be an extremely foolish direction for the sport to take," he said. "The reason I say that is that we all are fortunate to receive money from our backers, who back us in the hope that we will then put a car on the grid that will do them proud....
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