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Mercedes and Red Bull get FIA clearance after suspension changes

The FIA is confident that the row over Formula 1’s suspension systems will not escalate in to a protest at the Australian Grand Prix, as it emerged that Red Bull and Mercedes were asked to change elements of the designs inspected in recent testing. The controversy over suspension systems blew up over the winter after Ferrari sought clarification from the FIA on the legality of concepts that were pre-loaded to cleverly help a car’s aerodynamic performance. While Ferrari’s original letter was based solely around a theoretical idea it wanted to pursue, it was widely understood that its real motivation was to challenge clever designs that Mercedes and Red Bull had been running. Following...
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