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Mercedes don't want to lose all the W08's 'diva' traits
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff famously branded their title-winning W08 a 'diva', and although he's hoping for a tamer car in 2018, he says the W09 should carry over some of those diva traits because ultimately the W08 was the fastest Formula 1 car last season. The W08 won 12 of the 20 races and successfully defended both titles, but at times it was difficult to predict and set-up with it often favouring certain tyre compounds over others, but Wolff insists they're not looking to completely banish the 'diva' streak from their upcoming challenger. 'Some of the character traits from the ‘diva’ we liked,' Wolff said in a Mercedes Q&A. 'The W08 was the fastest...
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