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Williams to persist with wing after 'catastrophic phenomenon'

Williams will persist with the rear wing that contributed to aerodynamic stalls during qualifying for last weekend’s Formula 1 British Grand Prix, calling the issue “a phenomenon”. Williams introduced a new rear wing at Silverstone but Lance Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin both spun off track in the early stages of Q1, the Canadian going off at Brooklands and his team-mate spinning through Stowe. Williams pinpointed the instability on how the new rear wing is interacting with the floor upon the deactivation of DRS, and reverted to an old specification rear wing for the race. Chief Technical Officer Paddy Lowe says there is ‘nothing fundamentally wrong’ with the new...
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