Mercedes boss Wolff believes his team's F1 rivals are just posturing over a potential revolt on floor rules changes for next year. 'It's not a big change, so why are they fighting that we're threatening to go legal?'
and Red Bull are unhappy about the scale of revisions that the FIA is intending to make to the technical regulations for next year.
While teams are lobbying FIA president Mohammed Ben Sulayem to try to find a compromise solution, there have been suggestions that motor racing's governing body could face a formal challenge, potentially through either a Ferrari veto or the courts. "No team is ever going to go legal against the FIA, number one. Plus, if the FIA decides to implement something on safety grounds. I'd be watching guys. So I think this is just posing."
Nyck de Vries, Test and Reserve Driver, Mercedes AMG, analyses data with Toto Wolff, Team Principal and CEO, Mercedes AMG"The cars are way too stiff and they bounce. And if you ask the driver, you will probably have a majority that will, if asked anonymously, tell you that.
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