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Mercedes left in “no mans land” due to F1’s ‘half baked’ flexi-wing approach

In a fresh move to prevent teams from gaining an unfair advantage by using so-called “bendy” wings, the FIA has issued a technical directive that will come into effect from next month’s French Grand Prix. But the timing of the clampdown means that teams will be able to continue using their flexi-wings at the next two events in Monaco and Baku, where McLaren has claimed teams complying with the regulations will face a “big disadvantage” compared to those suspected of bending the rules. While Wolff accepts that immediate intervention from the FIA would have been very difficult, he does not understand why the process cannot be sped up. “We have seen in the past that complicated...
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