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If all the engineers understood aerodynamics to a reasonably equal degree this would be true, but it would still provide problems for any car following another. Unfortunately there are very, very few engineers who do understand aerodynamics involved in racing car design and if the aerodynamic package isn't right every other aspect of the car/driver combination will not make up for the definciency in this area. This is the reason Ferrari made Rory Byrne an offer he could not refuse (not in the Godfather sense, I hasten to add) to keep him involved in F1, and why Adrian Newey is handsomely rewarded by Ron Dennis, why Jaguar have added Mark Handford to their staff (from Lola), why Mike Gascoyne has been brought on board by Benetton/Renault, why Jordan have replaced him with Eghbal Hamidy.
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