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Wolff 'onboard' with FIA decision to drop standard F1 gearbox

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff supports the FIA's decision to scrap its plans to introduce a standard gearbox cassette in to F1 from 2021. The sport's governing body had initially included transmission components among the series of tenders it recently launched and that are aimed at reducing costs once F1's future regulation package comes into effect in 2021. While Wolff is in favour of introducing the standard parts concept for non-performance components, the Austrian felt that applying the principle to complex gearbox elements would have led to potential reliability or quality concerns. FIA cancels 2021 standard gearbox plans for F1 "I think in non-performance parts, where we can really...
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