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Design of 2017 Mercedes had built-in 'flexibility', just in case
Mercedes' 2017 winning car factored in an element of compromise to account for the advent of F1's new regulations, says the team's chief designer John Owen. The Silver Arrows squad brought home twelve wins this year and both the Constructors' and Drivers' championships for the fourth year running. Mercedes refrained from fielding a highly optimised car however as it sought to build into its W08 a degree of development flexibility to help the manufacturer deal with any potential unknowns which could have occurred following the introduction of the new-spec rules. "I set the objective to build a 90% car for 2017," explained Mercedes chief designer John Owen in an exclusive interview...
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