But I don’t dare to predict whether that will be enough for the drivers to stay close to the car in front in the corners again. Now they are rightly going the other way. That increased the turbulence and they were even more dependent on DRS. That’s why I couldn’t understand why F1 went to wider cars and wings a few years ago. The idea is to generate more downforce under the car to reduce the areas above that produce bad air. “As far as I understand it, these cars are supposed to radiate less turbulence to the rear so it’s easier to drive behind each other,” he said, as reported by German magazine Auto Motor und Sport. Show your support for Scuderia Ferrari with official merchandise collection from Puma! The former Ferrari driver is not certain that ground-effect aerodynamics will in fact be able to lead to improved racing in the modern era, but feels that if it becomes 30% easier for a driver to follow the car in front he would consider that to be a big step forward. Or at least that is the intention ahead of the 2022 Formula One championship. Despite the fact that ground-effect cars were no longer used in the sport after 1982 due to safety reasons, they are back this year with the goal of reducing turbulence which affects the car behind, and thus giving drivers the possibility to follow each other more closely and try more passes.
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