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Drivers need to adapt to 'difficult' cars
Gary Paffett reckons this year's cars will be "a lot more difficult to drive" as they have "a lot less" downforce.
Although the McLaren test driver has yet to put this year's MP4-29 through its paces out on track, he has been in action in the simulator.
Getting a feel for the changes, which mandate the use of only a single exhaust pipe that cannot be used to influence aerodynamics, Paffett says drivers will need to adapt their style to the new regulations.
"It is going to be exciting, the cars are very different to what we have had for the last few years," he said in an interview with Sky Sports Online.
"The downforce level in particular is a lot less...
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