Mercedes’ “very extreme” sidepod design will prompt “a lot of debate” in the paddock, according to Formula 1’s managing director Ross Brawn.
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Brawn added: “There’s no doubt that the Mercedes concept, we didn’t anticipate.
"It’s a very extreme interpretation of the regulation and I think there’s going to be, inevitably, a lot of debate about their interpretation and that’s what happens with new regs.
“And however hard you try to close off all the options, and believe me we closed off hundreds of them, the innovation in F1 is always extreme.
“From our perspective, it’s largely about does it affect the objective of the regs? But for the teams, they want to be sure no one has taken an interpretation they don’t feel is correct, so I think there’s going to be a lot of debate in the next few days.”