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‘F1 must not experiment live with drivers'

Toto Wolff has urged caution as Formula 1 talks about banning wind tunnels, saying the sport doesn't want to 'experiment live with drivers in cars based on CFD'. Formula 1 is debating banning wind tunnels, not any time soon though, only in 2030. That, however, means the cars, designed entirely by CFD, will go straight from the factory to the race track. Mercedes motorsport Wolff has warned there could be safely implications in such a move. 'I think there was broad agreement that over the long term this will happen,' he told Motorsport.com, 'but it is such a massive regulatory change that also involves certain safety aspects. 'We must not forget that these cars are the fastest on the...
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