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McLaren defends shark fin block after Ferrari criticism

McLaren chief Zak Brown has defended his team’s decision to block a plan to keep the shark fin in Formula 1, after criticisms from Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene. F1 teams had discussed the idea of keeping the shark fin engine covers in 2018 to help teams find a good location to position large race numbers. But McLaren vetoed the proposal because it was unhappy that the fins were blocking views of the rear wing, which is valuable real estate for sponsors. Arrivabene in particular questioned McLaren’s motive for the move – suggesting it was hypocritical for Brown to complain on sponsor visibility grounds when removing the shark fin cost potential space on the engine cover for logos....
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