“I haven’t paid a great deal of attention to [the Mercedes car]. He said: “Those are not mirror mounts, but two wings. “No doubt it is a great car – that should not be a surprise to us,” he said. We always said the mirror should have no aero[dynamic] purpose and the way they treated their cars there is a significant aero purpose in the mirrors. Mercedes F1 team principal Toto Wolff said he was not concerned about any problems developing with the rules. Russell said of the car’s new features: “It looks interesting but it’s not about how it looks it’s about how fast it goes.

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