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Horner: Drivers forced to adjust training for 2017 cars

©Pirelli Red Bull team principal Christian Horner has revealed that Formula One drivers are “having to adjust their training programmes” to prepare for faster, 2017-spec cars. Next year’s regulations will lead to the introduction of wider, more aggressive-looking machines, with lap times expected to be up to five seconds quicker than at present. The radical aero and tyre changes partly came after criticisms about current F1 cars being allegedly too easy to drive. Talking to Sky Sports F1 after FP1 for the Malaysian Grand Prix, Horner hints that the next generation of F1 machinery will be more physically demanding. “It looks like the cars will be a lot quicker and already the...
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