Alpine executive director Marcin Budkowski says he would be "very, very surprised" to see a flexi-wing protest war erupt in Baku this weekend. The FIA is using video footage and a mapping device this weekend to evaluate wing deflection on all cars ahead of the introduction at the upcoming French Grand Prix of new more stringent load tests. Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff is maintaining his scrutiny of rival Red Bull and isn't dismissing lodging a protest, while Christian Horner, his counterpart at the Milton Keynes-based squad, has in return singled out Mercedes' front wing as a potential protest target. But Budkowski, who says that the aero appendages on Alpine's A521 are strictly...
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