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Mercedes calls for FIA to act on kerbs

Toto Wolff says Mercedes and other teams have called on the FIA to make changes to the kerbs around the Red Bull Ring overnight after three cars suffered rear suspension failures in FP3 and qualifying. Nico Rosberg, Sergio Perez and Daniil Kvyat were all hit by suspension issues after seemingly damaging their cars on the newly-installed kerbs around the Red Bull Ring, which have drawn criticism for their harshness. With Kvyat suffered a particularly heavy accident after his suspension broke at turn eight, drivers including pole sitter Lewis Hamilton have urged the FIA to consider changing them ahead of the race. Indeed, with Rosberg suffering a grid penalty for a new gearbox as a result of...
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