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Whiting says 2017 F1 rules will not be downforce reliant
Formula 1 can speed up for the future without exacerbating the current problems associated with aerodynamics according to Charlie Whiting, the F1 race director and FIA technical chief. Whiting told the December edition of F1 Racing magazine: 'We're trying to get most of the speed (for 2017) through tyre grip and not rely too much on downforce.' And he said other tweaks to the chassis rules will also speed up F1, 'By increasing the width of the cars, even with the existing tyres, you could gain a second. An extra contact patch would make us confident that we'd find at least half of the five or six seconds with the extra tyre grip.' Recently, world champion Lewis Hamilton blasted...
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