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Mercedes pushed for pitstop clampdown – Marko

Jun.26 Mercedes is behind a new FIA clampdown that looks set to slow down the lightening speed of title rival Red Bull's pitstops. That is the claim of Dr Helmut Marko, after the FIA circulated a new technical directive that on paper will add at least several tenths to the quickest pitstop times from Hungary. Red Bull is renowned for its lightning-fast – and often sub-2 second – pitstops, for which the energy drink owned outfit holds the outright record. 'If you stick to the rule, pitstops under two seconds will not be possible,' Alfa Romeo team manager Beat Zehnder told Auto Motor und Sport. While the new guidelines are highly complex, they essentially build in minimum times...
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