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‘Proposed wind tunnel ban won't halt McLaren's plans'

McLaren won't halt their plans to build a wind tunnel despite talk of a proposed ban coming into effect in 2030. Earlier this year McLaren announced plans to build a new wind tunnel, one that would be in place by 2021. McLaren has used Toyota's wind tunnel at Cologne in recent years. Team boss Andreas Seidl is reportedly behind the push for an in-house wind tunnel, feeling that it is one key area that would help the team with car development. The wind tunnel, though, may only be in use for nine years. Formula 1 is currently considering banning wind tunnels from 2030 onwards in a bid to cut costs. Seidl, though, says that won't change McLaren's plans. 'The discussion we had there in the F1...
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