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Red Bull engineers play down overtaking fears

As they look ahead to the new season, Red Bull's top engineers believe overtaking will be easier thanks to new rules. Of course, we won't know until Melbourne, but in the meantime, as opinions differ as to whether the new rules will improve the racing, Red Bull's top boffins insist overtaking will be easier. 'The 2017 car will be clearly a more aggressive car in terms of looks,' says Adrian Newey, 'it will be wider, looks more muscle car, with bigger tyres for sure. 'One of the aspects of having a car wider, you could argue, is that it could be more difficult to overtake,' he continues. 'However, due to the aerodynamic effect and more drag effect it will have, the more time you will spend...
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