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Symonds: I do believe that today's cars are easier to drive
Williams technical boss Pat Symonds, one of the most experienced engineers in Formula 1, has admitted the cars of today are easier to drive. The Briton's career has spanned decades, as he has worked with great champions across the eras including Ayrton Senna, Michael Schumacher and Fernando Alonso. And now he sees Williams' Valtteri Bottas as a potential champion of the future, although he admits the challenge is different today. 'I do believe that today's cars are easier to drive,' he told UOL, 'and that is due to a number of reasons.' Comparing the ground-effect cars with today's machines, for instance, is impossible, because the cars of the 80s were 'animals', Symonds explained. 'I...
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