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F1 shark fin fades back into obscurity in 2018
The FIA have confirmed that from 2018, the unpopular shark fin will not be part of the Formula 1 car design. A F1 Strategy Group meeting took place last week that finalised the decision, after the McLaren Honda Formula 1 Team failed to back plans to retain a big engine fin next season, at a meeting earlier this month. The Woking based squad favoured a smaller version to what had been proposed, and were unwilling to support a move to the larger fin, despite months of work having already gone into bringing in the regulation, and teams creating their 2018 car designs with that in mind. All teams must support a proposal for the regulation to be brought into play, and therefore with time...
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