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Ferrari and Mercedes admit to plank changes based on FIA’s TD
© XPB Michael Delaney
22/11/2024 at 07:5622/11/2024 at 08:17 Ferrari and Mercedes have both modified their car’s floor element in Las Vegas to comply with the FIA’s latest technical directive, but Scuderia boss Fred Vasseur called the latest ruling “strange”. The TD was published ahead of this weekend’s Las Vegas Grand Prix to address a loophole in the regulations involving excessive plank wear. The FIA’s move targets the use of ‘satellite skids’ designed to protect the plank. The metal skids are installed further away from specific measuring points on the plank to offer further protection. However, while the skids were meant to match the vertical stiffness of...
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