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Will faster cars improve the Formula 1 show?

Formula 1 could be about to hit reverse on any decision to speed up cars for 2017 and beyond. According to Auto Motor und Sport, April 30 is the date on which the sport is tipped to approve technical changes including the widening of the cars for next season. However, there is now some doubt that F1 is making the right move, particularly after the performance seen by the current generation of ‘power unit' cars in Australia. Lewis Hamilton's pole lap was just three tenths off Sebastian Vettel's qualifying record of 2011, set in his V8-screaming Red Bull. And both times are faster than Michael Schumacher managed in 2004, during the so-called ‘glory years' of cornering speed and...
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