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Newey admits slow 2012 start
Adrian Newey has confirmed reports that an eleventh-hour ban by the FIA was a serious setback to Red Bull's 2012 preparations.
It emerged in recent days that, just as the reigning champions were preparing to test debut the ultimately title-winning RB8, F1's governing body banned Newey's solution to the new blown exhaust clampdown.
"It set us back further than we thought," Briton Newey told Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.
"When we looked at the new rules, we thought the effects would be less severe, especially because we thought we could compensate well."
However, the FIA said Red Bull could not use its proposed 2012 exhaust solution.
"So because of the lack of time...
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