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Shovlin: Mercedes experimented with 'wacky' setup approach

Article To news overview © Mercedes Mercedes' trackside engineer Andrew Shovlin has revealed the team experimented with a 'wacky' setup direction for the W12, after testing the setups out in the simulator in the week between the French and Styrian Grand Prix. With Hamilton seeming to lose his tyre life before Red Bull did during the 71 lap Styrian race, Shovlin said some analysis will now need to be done to figure out if the setup led to their tyre issues. "We've had difficulties here before but often, they've been because we've had insufficient cooling or last year we had an electrical loom that was degrading with vibration. So they've often not been related to performance,"...
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