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Mercedes against ban on factory control centres

In addition to the army of engineers staring at their various monitors on the pit-wall, garages and numerous paddock facilities, the teams have an equally impressive army of technicians working away back at their factory headquarters. Indeed, many significant decisions are made in real time many thousands of miles away from the race track. However, as the sport seeks to impose a budget cap, while also placing more emphasis on the driver rather than the boffins, the future of the factory-based control centre is under threat. 'I think it's a very bad idea because we've invested in the virtual garages,' Toto Wolff told reporters in Baku. Other than allowing the teams access to countless...
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