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Tost's recipe to improve F1: 'Slash downforce levels by 50%!'
Toro Rosso's Franz Tost says that reducing downforce "by a minimum of 40-50%" would go a long way towards improving the quality of Grand Prix racing. The upcoming 2019 F1 season will see the implementation of several aerodynamic rule changes that will include a simpler front wing, less sophisticated barge boards and a bigger deeper rear wing. The package is designed to promote closer racing and will act as a potential precursor to more significant changes that are scheduled to be ushered in from 2021. Speaking to Motorsport.com, Franz Tost insists that Formula 1's future regulation platform must reduce the importance of downforce in the overall equation in order to complicate the...
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