Renault’s Daniel Ricciardo has praised Mercedes for introducing their Dual Axis Steering innovation, saying it shows why the team is dominating F1.

[f1tv2020testa]Mercedes revealed the existence of the new device years, which appears to allow its drivers to adjust the toe angle of the front wheels by pushing the steering wheel forwards and backwards.

“Hats off to them because they have been dominant this whole turbo era yet they are still the ones pushing everyone else,” Ricciardo said in an interview for F1 TV.

“It should be us and everyone else pushing them and they’re not getting complacent,” he said. “And I think that’s why they’ve been so dominant.

“So they’re setting an example right now and as a competitor, I certainly respect that. And it’s good for everyone to see how far they’re willing to go.”

The FIA has indicated DAS appears to be legal based on the information Mercedes have given them. No other team appears to have run a similar system so far and Ricciardo says he hasn’t seen any indication that Renault or Mercedes’ other rivals were working on anything like it.

“We’ll soon find out,” he said. “I think everyone up until now – I’ve never heard of a system that talked about, so I don’t think maybe anyone had really thought about it.

“I don’t want to say anyone, but probably not many people talked about that. So I don’t know if it was ever a conversation had, but I’m sure the conversation’s happening in every team right now.”

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2020 F1 season