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Harder to follow cars under new regulations, confirms Hamilton
Lewis Hamilton has confirmed speculation is true that overtaking could be even harder under the new regulations, as the three-time Formula 1 world champion found it even harder to follow cars during his first outing with the new F1 cars. The new regulations for the 2017 F1 season features increased downforce levels, wider tyres and more comprehensive use of aerodynamics, with the ‘mission statement' of making the cars ‘5 seconds a lap faster'. High levels of downforce make overtaking rare, as when a car is following another car, it will quickly lose front downforce as a result of the turbulent air from the car it is chasing — this makes it hard for the driver behind to...
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