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Then and Now – High Speed F1
F1 races on a variety of circuits, some like Monaco are tight and twisty, and the speeds are comparatively low. Others have longer straights, and the speed gained on these straights can outweigh the lap time lost in the corners when the car is in a low downforce (and hence low drag) configuration. The recent race at Baku, with its long start / finish straight is one such circuit, and teams introduced low drag rear wings that may only be used on one or two other circuits. Although Valtteri Bottas recorded a speed of over 370 km/h in 2016 thanks to slipstreaming cars in qualifying, no-one managed to reach those speeds this year, the fastest this year was recorded in the race being...
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