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‘Bendy' wing not reason for Verstappen win – Wolff

May 25 Although threatening to lodge a protest at Baku, Toto Wolff says Max Verstappen did not win in Monaco last weekend because of his allegedly illegal rear wing. The Mercedes team boss claims Formula 1 is currently in a 'vacuum' after the FIA said it would test rear wing flexibility differently after Baku. But Wolff thinks that will hand a major advantage to Red Bull on the long Azerbaijan GP streets, and he is therefore threatening a protest there. 'It is what it is, but we believe we have a pretty strong legal starting position,' he told RTL. Red Bull returned fire last weekend at Monaco by suggesting that video footage shows the front wing of Mercedes' 2021 car flexing excessively....
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