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Lowe warns on downforce increase for F1

Mercedes is among those who are worried about Formula 1's planned new rules for the 2017 season. The sport basically agrees that the cars must be more spectacular and faster for the future, but there is disagreement about how that should be achieved. World champion Lewis Hamilton, for one, worries that plans to speed up cornering speeds by adding downforce is the wrong move if the aim is also to promote overtaking. Indeed, Auto Motor und Sport reports that it has seen the outline of the 2017 rules, with the cars to have 'massively' bigger diffusers and wings. Force India's technical boss Andy Green said: 'Due to the rake of the cars I expect the bigger and more flexible wings might touch...
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