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Jun
2023
McLaren seeks further debate over “extreme” Ocon F1 rear wing wobble
In the closing stages of the Canadian Grand Prix the rear wing on Ocon’s Alpine F1 car started oscillating violently over the high Montreal kerbs.
That alarmed the chasing McLaren driver Lando Norris, who raised the issue with his team and afterwards said he was “ducking on the straights” fearing the wing would come off.
Ocon continued to finish eighth, with his team boss Otmar Szafnauer saying his engineers decided there was no risk of a catastrophic failure.
“It was…