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Why Red Bull challenged Mercedes F1’s DAS - and why it lost

One of the first major battles of the 2020 Formula 1 season erupted on the opening day of running at the Austrian Grand Prix as Red Bull took on Mercedes directly… and subsequently lost.  But this was not the case of settling an on-track squabble but rather a debate over the regulations and whether a controversial steering system being used by Mercedes was legal or not.  While teams’ discontent over the Ferrari-FIA engine settlement continued to rumble on in the background, DAS took centre stage on Friday.  The controversy began when Mercedes debuted the innovative steering solution it christened ‘DAS’ - or Dual-axis Steering - during pre-season testing at Barcelona.  DAS...
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