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Wolff: Mercedes 'open minded' about rivals' novel front-wing designs

Toto Wolff says Mercedes will need to accept that Ferrari and Alfa Romeo may have done a better job interpreting the rules that have governed the design of their car's front wing. Formula 1's 2019 rules were defined for the purpose of promoting overtaking and improving racing, thanks in part to a wider, simpler front wing. However, design variations - destined to preserve a car's outwash which the simpler wing is intended to reduce - have emerged among the teams. Mercedes and Red Bull, like the bulk of the field, have elected to stick with a relatively conventional approach to front-wing design, but creative minds at Ferrari and Alfa Romeo - and to a lesser extent at Toro Rosso - have...
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