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How Ferrari forced Mercedes to change its 2026 F1 car design
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How Ferrari forced Mercedes to change its 2026 F1 car design
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Mercedes has appeared with a revised diffuser design at Formula 1's Austrian Grand Prix after a new FIA ruling effectively banned a trick it has employed for the last three races, while Formula 1’s exhaust wing ban for 2027 has now been made official in the regulations, on the same day Ferrari tried running its car without one for the first time as an experiment.
00:00 Ferrari vs Mercedes diffuser row explained
04:50 Other areas under the microscope
07:00 Why was this allowed in the first place?
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