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FIA to clamp down on flexing rear wings

F1 Grand Prix, GP Spain, Circuit de Catalunya Observing ever increasing flexibility in rear wings of some Formula One cars, the FIA has decided to try to reduce this flexibility by introducing new deflection tests. It appears that on Tuesday, FIA technical lead Nikolas Tombazis informed teams that the FIA will introduce a new deflection test from 15 June. 'We have become aware of some cases whereby rear designs which comply with the requirements of articles 3.9.3 and 3.9.4 nonetheless exhibit excessive deflections while the cars are in motion,' he wrote. 'We believe that such deformations can have a significant influence on a car's aerodynamic performance and hence could be deemed to...
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