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Originally Posted by Oldtony
The purported reason for the aero changes was to make cars more driveable in the wake of a preceding car, thus setting up more overtaking possibilities.
While some drivers have been taking brief opportunities to follow rival cars to check aero performance the fact that testing only involves one car per team prevents testing from being able to develop that function.
With the major changes being to front wing layout and rear wing height this means that there is no way teams can get a real handle on this until Australia.
Good thing or bad thing?
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I don't think it is all about aero, yes that has impacted in car following, but IMO the vastly shorter braking distances are one of the reasons for lack of overtaking, if you shorten the possible distance to overtake before the corner, you reduce overtaking.
This is where drivers like Verstappen and to a lesser extent Ricciardo benefit as they have a much greater feel for the brakes than some of the field, hence why those two are probably the most prolific overtakers (admittedly sometimes that leads to the odd do or die move), whereas I would suggest Vettel does not have that same feel for the brakes.
So, not all aero related but also braking related.