Following tweaks made by the FIA to the 2023 technical regulations, Mercedes and Aston Martin are being sent back to the drawing board following bans on their innovative designs. For Mercedes, the part in question that they can no longer use is their extreme front-wing endplates, which were first seen at the Miami Grand Prix much earlier in the season. The Silver Arrows designed a very interesting front-wing which had an intersection between the endplate and its flaps; they also introduced a questionable front-wing at the United States Grand Prix, which they also weren't allowed to use. Whilst it was Mercedes' front-wing that was the issue, for Aston Martin, it's their...
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