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Mercedes didn't use controversial wheels in Brazil due to championship fears
Mercedes did not run their controversial wheel rim design during the Brazilian Grand Prix due to fears of a protest. With the constructors' championship yet to be secured, the team did not want to run the risk of expulsion from the race. Despite the design being cleared by the FIA as fully legal, the team have not used the rim design since talks of a Ferrari protest after the Japanese Grand Prix on the grounds that the holes in the wheel rims could be construed as a moveable aero device, something that has been outlawed by the governing body. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff said that the team did not want to risk running the design until they had secured the championship. “We...
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