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Horner: Aero handicap rule 'perverse' for smaller teams

Red Bull team boss Christian Horner says F1's future aero handicap rule could end up defeating the purpose for which it is intended, as the sport's smaller could be encouraged to spend more money on R&D. F1 teams agreed on Friday to a wide-ranging set of regulation changes designed to drastically cut costs to help the sport ride out the current coronavirus crisis. In addition to the introduction in 2021 of a $145 million budget cap, teams have also agreed to an aerodynamic development sliding scale handicap system which will give midfield outfits more wind tunnel and CFD (computational fluid dynamics) time to help them close the gap to the front runners. Horner, who insists he's no fan of...
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