Wolff not concerned by wing legality

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Wolff not concerned by wing legality

After eyebrows were raised by the front wing design of Mercedes’s new W15, team principal Toto Wolff says he has no concerns about its legality.

“I think what’s been put on the car is always following an exchange with the FIA all through the process,” Wolff said.

“It’s no such thing that you have a clever idea and then you bolt it on a test and you think that could or couldn’t be challenged. So that is a long process of dialogue that happens over the winter. So I feel we are in an okay place.

Verstappen eager to help support sim racers

Formula 1 world champion Max Verstappen – who regularly competes in iRacing with his Team Redline team mates – says he wants to help provide more opportunities for talented simracers to try and get ingot professional motorsport.

“I do believe that there are possibilities for sim drivers to move into real racing,” he said. “That’s also something that I’m working on myself, to make that a possibility for them.

“I do think it will create possibilities to get into real racing. I don’t say maybe all the way to F1 right now, but there’s more than only F1, you know.”

Andretti unveil 2024 liveries

The Andretti team have revealed their liveries for their three IndyCar cars for 2024.

Colton Herta, Kyle Kirkwood and Marcus Ericsson will race for the team in near-identical but differently coloured designs. Herta will race in yellow and black, Kirkwood in pink and black, while Ericsson has a blue and teal scheme for his first season with the team.

Here they are. Introducing our 2024 Andretti @IndyCar challengers ✨ pic.twitter.com/w5gD6H6mCa

— Andretti INDYCAR & INDY NXT (@AndrettiIndy) February 24, 2024

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