Fernando Alonso interprets the headline-grabbing DAS system revealed by Mercede,s during the first Formula 1 preseason test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya last week, as a signal that the World Champions never rest on their laurels. The innovation caused a huge buzz in the F1 world, but many in the paddock saw it as a smokescreen. The reckoning is that Mercedes probably have a truckload of trick bits they developed over the past seven seasons that they are bolting on, for a last evaluation, before these cars become irrelevant with the advent of the new F1 rules for 2021. Mercedes technical chief James Allison even hinted that a myriad of gizmos are being tested on the W11, “Perhaps one...
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