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F1 braced for disputes over new 2022 rules

F1 braced for disputes over new 2022 rules

Formula One is braced for disputes over teams’ interpretations of this season’s new rules, but will now have the power to crack down swiftly on any outfit trying to use loopholes to circumvent them, the sport’s motorsport head Ross Brawn said.

The series is set for its most radical regulatory overhaul in decades, aimed at levelling the playing field and improving wheel-to-wheel racing.

In the past, Formula One teams have occasionally protested each other’s interpretations of the rules and Brawn is aware that the new regulations could spark disputes as engineers seek out loopholes in order to steal a march on their rivals.

“It wouldn’t be F1 without disputes,” the 67-year-old, who as team principal of his eponymous Brawn team had to fend off protests over the car’s double diffuser at the start of their title-winning campaign in 2009, told reporters.

“…So it would be naive to think we’re not going to have arguments.”

The governing FIA, which has been inspecting teams’ 2022 challengers…

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