Mercedes' steering wheel tricks caught the eye in Barcelona testing on Wednesday, but what exactly is ‘DAS'? Sam Collins explains how Mercedes could have stolen a march. Sometimes small details are impossible to hide, such is the case with mysterious new system on the front suspension of the Mercedes W11 Formula 1 car. During the second day of pre-season testing at Circuit de Catalunya Barcelona it was noticed that Lewis Hamilton was pulling his steering wheel towards him at the start of straights and pushing it away at under braking. This is not a case of a poorly mounted steering column moving under load, or a particularly aggressive driver, instead this is a deliberate piece of...
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