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F1 increases 2020 car weight by 1kg, allows helmet design changes
The FIA World Motor Sport Council has voted through the final 2020 Formula 1 rule tweaks including the car weight increase and allowing drivers unlimited helmet design changes across the season.
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With the 2020 opening round one week away, F1’s technical regulations have been altered to increase the minimum mass from 745kg to 746kg for cater for the addition of new power unit monitoring elements. The new FIA measuring devices on the power units are believed to be a direct change following the controversial Ferrari case. The Italian manufacturer drew suspicion that it broke F1 rules during 2019 over its fuel flow or oil burning in its...
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