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'Shark fins spoil 2017 cars'

Red Bull chief Christian Horner believes the reappearance of shark fin engine covers on F1 cars lets the otherwise "fantastic" 2017 designs down. F1's rulemakers deliberately set out to make the 2017 cars more aggressive and attractive for fans, with initial verdicts on the new-look challengers generally proving positive. However, the return of shark fin-shaped engine covers, designed to help channel air flow to the rear wing, after several years have split opinion with all 10 teams having now run them in testing. F1 2017: The new cars revealed Horner says Red Bull tried to get teams to agree to ban them in meetings last year, but were voted down by the "majority" of...
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