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Mercedes will "pay the price" this year for 2020 success
Mercedes technical director James Allison has explained the new success-based limits on wind tunnel usage will see the Silver Arrows "pay the price" this year for its championship success last season. In a bid to help improve the racing and close the gaps between teams, Formula 1 has introduced a sliding scale that dictates how much time a team can spend in the wind tunnel and using CFD [computational fluid dynamics]. Article continues under video Setting a baseline of 40 wind tunnel runs a week for 2021, Mercedes is permitted just 90 per cent of this total - 36. In contrast, Williams, who finished last in the constructors' standings, can complete 112.5 per cent of the number and...
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