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FIA taking close look at McLaren ‘mini DRS' rear wing

Sep.20 A hot topic in the Singapore paddock is McLaren's so-called ‘mini DRS' rear wing that is now in the spotlight of the F1 governing body, the FIA. Although Ferrari is among other teams also experimenting with clever wing flexibility skirting the boundaries of the regulations, Charles Leclerc couldn't help but joke when asked about his team's new front wing. 'I mean, it's not a mini DRS,' he smiled, 'but it's positive.' Leclerc insisted that McLaren's rear wing, which opens up DRS-like gaps at the extreme ends to shed drag when at high speed whilst still passing FIA flex tests, is 'controversial, to put it mildly'. Predictably, McLaren duo Oscar Piastri and Lando Norris hailed...
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