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Mexican GP stewards back Mercedes over wheel design

Mexican Grand Prix stewards have cleared Mercedes over its wheel design, following a clarification request from the Formula 1 team. Article 12.8.1 of the Technical Regulations permits “spacers on the inboard mounting face of identical specification on all wheels for the same axle.' Mercedes has run such a spacer on its rear wheels and in order to reduce the heat flow across the junction between the axle and the wheel, they have a number of small holes and grooves. Following its fourth straight victory in Japan Mercedes sought clarification from the FIA’s Technical Department over whether the design contravened Article 3.8 of the Technical Regulations. That regulation states...
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