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New rules ‘trickier' than Alpine expected

Alpine's Marcin Budkowsi says that the new aerodynamic rules introduced for the 2021 season have been harder to adapt to than expected. While the major regulation changes were pushed back to 2022 as a result of the global pandemic, the sport did still introduce some new rules for the upcoming season. Specifically, they tweaked things in the aerodynamics department with the aim of making the cars have less downforce. Budkowski, who was recently appointed executive director at Alpine, says that making the changes and adapting has been harder than expected for the French team. 'We, as every team, lost a chunk compared to last year due to the changes on the back of the car,' Budkowski told...
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