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Originally Posted by Sodemo
Great changes if true, though like most "great" changes they always get watered down. Remember the 2005 regs - Antony Davidson saying the Honda was like driving a big formula ford after all the aero cuts? 70% aero cut? More like 20%, which was soon made up over the 2005 season.
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Not to mention the changes for last year when all the lost downforce was quickly made up by things like the DDD and more on top to such an extent that Vettel's Q2 lap at Silverstone was the fastest quali lap on that layout ever
In a recent discussion, Pat Symonds dismissed the idea of ground effect helping overtaking as a paddock myth - he says they did investigations in the OWG and found that it created a wake that made it difficult for cars behind to follow, essentially like the DDD