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Mercedes 'DAS' does not damage tyres - Pirelli

Feb.24 Mercedes looks set to race its controversial new 'push-pull' steering wheel system called DAS in 2020. When images of the drivers adjusting the 'toe' of the front wheels by pushing and pulling on the steering wheel emerged last week in Barcelona, it caused a major stir. But 'DAS' - standing for duel-axis steering - appears fully legal. "I don't think our team would begin to develop anything that it believed the FIA would ban," said Valtteri Bottas, who revealed that Mercedes actually started working on it a year ago. Many agree that the wording of the 2020 rules do not prohibit such a system, but Red Bull's Dr Helmut Marko thinks it is illegal. And Red Bull designer...
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