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Alfa Romeo approves of last-minute weight increase
Mar.14 Alfa Romeo has given a thumbs-up to yet another car weight increase just days ahead of the 2022 season. As pre-season testing kicked off, it was clear that most teams had struggled to produce cars meeting the new minimum car-plus-driver weight of 795kg. They lobbied for an eleventh-hour increase of 5kg, but ultimately a compromise of 3kg was agreed late last week. 'The reasons for this are understandable,' said Frederic Vasseur, boss of arguably the only team that is comfortably below the original weight limit. 'Everyone has had to reinforce their floors because of the bouncing, and the wheels are also a kilogram heavier than the prototypes,' the Alfa Romeo boss added. But as the...
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