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Teams survive FIA fuel flow clampdown

Teams escaped the ire of Formula 1's governing body following a spate of post-race fuel systems checks after the Spanish Grand Prix. Just after qualifying in Barcelona, the FIA told teams it was clamping down harder on the ‘fuel flow' rules, amid suspicions some top teams had found a loophole. Immediately, amid Niki Lauda's claims some teams could be running an ‘extra tank', conspiracy theorists connected the story with Ferrari's mysterious drop of pace in Barcelona. Speed Week reports that after the race on Sunday, scrutineers did indeed inspect the fuel systems aboard cars powered by every engine manufacturer on the grid: Daniel Ricciardo's Red Bull-Renault, Sebastian...
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