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“Not possible” for Mercedes to switch to Red Bull’s high-rake F1 car concept
Get F1 news in your inbox! By signing up to the newsletter you agree to receive emails from crash.net that may occasionally include promotional content Leave this field blank Mercedes Formula 1 boss Toto Wolff concedes that it is “physically not possible” for his team to switch to a high-rake concept pioneered by rivals Red Bull. Wolff confirmed early suspicions from pre-season testing in Bahrain that the aerodynamic rule changes introduced for 2021 to reduce downforce and slow the cars down have appeared to penalise the teams running a lower-rake concept. Mercedes has traditionally run its car at a low-rake - meaning its car is closer to the ground - and speaking ahead of the...
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