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More downforce makes F1 ‘boring’ – Stuck
As excitement builds for the new era of F1, German official Hans-Joachim Stuck thinks the sport has taken a wrong turn. Amid criticism of the spectacle in the last few years, the teams have arrived in Melbourne for the 2017 season opener with much faster cars in their luggage. 'This idea was proposed by Bernie Ecclestone and approved by the strategy group,' the retired Williams technical chief Pat Symonds is quoted by L'Equipe. 'The idea was to make it much harder for a 17-year-old to make his debut and be successful, but the facts show that young drivers can cope with the new cars.' The 2017 cars were given their 5 second per lap boost thanks to wider Pirelli slicks and – for the...
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