Will the aerodynamic revolution take place in F1 ?
Expected like the Messiah for years, the new technical regulations will have benefited from meticulous and in-depth study work to give life to single-seaters supposed to offer more spectacle on the track. Greatly simplified aerodynamics, reduction of downforce and therefore turbulence in the wake of the cars, return of ground effect, transition to 18-inch tires: the main outlines of the 2022 revolution have been known for a long time. It remains to be seen whether they will bear fruit... While Formula 1 has just experienced its most euphoric campaign in ten years, there is a great risk of overturning the table and ending up with an ultra-dominant team in Bahrain (1st GP of the season, March 18-20). And to think that it was enough to plane the flat bottom of modern F1 cars a little! We can never repeat it enough, but teams do not develop racing cars so that they can follow and overtake each other easily. They do everything to be well ahead and carve the road quietly! Recent history teaches us that regulatory upheavals certainly give rise to a welcome redistribution of cards, but they are also accompanied by a
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