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Mercedes, Aston Martin ‘worst affected' by new rules

Mercedes and Aston Martin are paying the price for their low-rake car designs with Toto Wolff conceding they have 'lost more' pace than high-rake cars. This season Formula 1 introduced a new regulation regarding the floors that was aimed at slowing down the cars. But cutting away a segment of floor just in front of the rear tyre, designed to reduce downforce, has affected the grid's low-rake cars more than their high-rake counterparts. And that has had the biggest impact on Mercedes and Aston Martin. While last year Mercedes' W11 was the car to beat, this year – at least as far as testing and the Bahrain GP have shown – it is Red Bull's high-rake RB16B that has come to the...
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