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Mercedes chiefs differ on usefulness of DAS in cold Eifel GP
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff and chief strategist James Vowles had different views on the usefulness of the team's dual-axis steering (DAS) in the Eifel GP. The cold conditions that prevailed at the Nürburgring last weekend, with ambient temperatures of approximately 8°C, meant that drivers were challenged to preserve the heat in their tyres at several points during the race. The DAS system that allows Mercedes' drivers to change the toe-in angle of their car's front wheels should have theoretically come in hand to help maintain tyre temps, but Wolff minimized the device's role insistent it did not offer a significant edge as a tyre warming instrument. "You can see that the Red Bulls,...
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