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Toro Rosso/Mercedes design similarities ‘complete coincidence’ – Key

James Key has revealed that the similarities between the Scuderia Toro Rosso STR12 and the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula 1 Team W08 are completely coincidental. The two cars have very similar concepts for the front suspension, sidepod and nose layout, and Key knows that some will say that Toro Rosso would have copied the Mercedes idea, but Key insists nothing untoward has gone on, and it was just ironic that the two teams went down the same route of development. Talking at the launch of the STR12 at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, Technical Director Key actually expressed his disappointment that Mercedes had the same idea, especially when there are a number of different concepts and...
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