Mercedes has revealed that it raced in the past a car fitted with a concept similar to the innovative Dual Axis Steering system that was trialed earlier this year in pre-season testing. The Silver Arrows outfit's DAS device mounted on its 2020 car, which was uncovered in Barcelona, allows a driver to adjust from the steering wheel the toe-in angle of the front wheels. In a video released on Mercedes' Youtube channel, chief designer John Owen revealed the origins of the creative system. Brown singles out 'a couple of teams that are playing with fire' "The DAS system was born out of the ashes of something else we'd tried and actually raced on the car a couple of years ago that sort of...
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