Ross Brawn raves after the British Grand Prix

When it comes to revolution, Ross Brawn generally knows what he's talking about. This 2022 season will certainly be one that will be remembered for a long time, from a technical and technological point of view certainly. And the race which has just taken place at Silverstone can only be the witness, the factor, even the confirmation. He is not the general director of the F1 who will say the opposite in any case.

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“This year's race at Silverstone was a classic, a perfect demonstration of what the sport was trying to achieve with these revolutionary new racing cars, summarizes Ross Brawn after the Grand Prix. [...] We had a fabulous race.

What I liked was the precision that the drivers could have with the cars. We've seen countless fascinating battles that took place over multiple turns, with multiple position changes. We saw that drivers were able to adopt multiple lines with these new cars, allowing two, three or even four cars to be almost side by side. The quality of passing was also high. The drivers really had to work to successfully overtake – it wasn't just a matter of using DRS to zoom past. »

The most notable of these battles will certainly be the one which saw Charles Leclerc, Lewis Hamilton and Sergio Pérez fighting for the podium – helped by the exit from the safety car following the retirement ofEsteban Ocon. But let's still point out that it was not the only battle on the track that day. For many laps, the battle within the peloton raged. Until Yuki tsunoda harpoons his teammate, Pierre Gasly, which nevertheless left him enough room to carry out his late maneuver.

Even if this new era of car gives certain teams a lot of headaches, like the porpoising which still affects certain single-seaters, all the drivers consider it to live up to expectations according to Ross Brawn.

“The drivers like these cars and have been very positive, he attests. They all appreciated the change and the newfound ability to get close to other cars. Many of them described the fact that, although it does not always lead to direct overtaking, the possibility of closely following another car, putting pressure on and trying to cause a mistake, has considerably increased. improved.

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The frequency with which the cars follow each other and challenge each other for many laps is much better this year than in previous years. This demonstrates that the direction taken by F1 and the FIA ​​is absolutely the right one,” judges the Briton, probably exhilarated by the Grand Prix that could happen.

Also from a safety point of view, F1 can be satisfied with the progress it has made in recent years. The halo, introduced in 2018, once again saved the life of a pilot, Guanyu-Zhou – like that of Roy Nissany, earlier in the weekend in F2. Ross Brawn also welcomed the reassuring news about Alex Albon, “after big impacts – once again, a great example of the progress made by Formula 1 and the FIA ​​in terms of safety. »