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Old 20 Jul 2019, 22:17 (Ref:3918659)   #3587
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Originally Posted by Alan52 View Post
My memory of ground effects F1 is that the only position changes anywhere near the front of the field were due to mechanical problems and driver errors.There was virtually no on track passing.Will have to look through Autocourse lap charts for confirmation.
Ground effect of that era was really quite different to what is being proposed now. Lot more knowledge now & the software exists to run realistic simulations.

I don’t think it’ll be a repeat of those days & as others have said, it DOES work well in other current series.
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