F1’s wheel cover tests to resume next year after teams seek delay

The FIA has been evaluating ways of adding covers to wheels in rainy conditions to help minimise spray being thrown up, which can severely restrict visibility.

Trials of an early design tested at Silverstone earlier this year did not deliver the results hoped for, with the conclusion being that the first iteration concept failed to cover enough of the wheel. 

A second, bigger design has been in development since then and was originally hoped to…