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F1's downforce plan not a good idea says Prost

Alain Prost has backed Lewis Hamilton in worrying about proposed Formula 1 plans for the future. With the sport acknowledging the need to speed up, world champion Hamilton nonetheless blasted an apparent plan to slash laptimes simply by adding downforce to the cars. 'That's the worst idea and just shows people don't know what they are trying to solve,' said the Briton, who thinks the biggest problem with F1 is how difficult it is to follow and pass a rival. And F1 legend and quadruple world champion Prost, to be involved with the new Renault works team for 2016, has obviously heard similar plans about 2017 and beyond. When asked by the German newspaper Bild about the regulations of today,...
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