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Analysis: Should F1 heed the IndyCar season opener?

366. That, according to IndyCar, is the number of on-track passes that took place during the championship's frenetic season opener at St Petersburg. By contrast, Formula 1‘s rather sedate opening act featured just five overtakes after the first lap according to Pirelli Motorsport data. With F1 set to map out the future direction of its chassis regulations during this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix, and with IndyCar already seemingly cultivating the rewards of a dramatic cut in downforce, surely such an enormous tally of overtakes telegraphs the obvious future direction to Ross Brawn and his team. However, if Ross was to be presented with such a comparison, he would almost inevitably...
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