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Mercedes: Ferrari has lost some straight-line speed

Mercedes believes that Ferrari’s straight line speed in Austin is not as superior as it has been in previous events, but did not link the change to a recently-issued FIA directive. A technical directive was issued to teams at the United States Grand Prix after an enquiry from Red Bull Racing, a tactic typically adopted in order to check on a legality. It is understood that Red Bull proposed a system that would have permitted a team to run more than the allowed fuel flow amount, based on using electrical noise to disrupt sample pulses sent from the fuel flow metering units. Red Bull is unlikely to have wanted to run such a device itself but wanted clarification based on a suspicion...
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