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Mercedes remove upgrade after cheating concerns voiced by rival teams

Before qualifying on Saturday, Mercedes took off the second floor stay that they implemented ahead of the Canadian Grand Prix weekend after questions were raised by McLaren, Ferrari and Red Bull. The Silver Arrows have been suffering greatly from “porpoising” and bouncing this season amid the new technical regulations that brought about the return of ground effect aerodynamics. The aerodynamic phenomenon has been costing the Silver Arrows around a second a lap all year compared to Ferrari and Red Bull at the front and, even after they appeared to solve “porpoising,” the low ride heights of the new machines caused incessant contact with the rack surface. READ: Hamilton admits health...
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