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FIA admits ‘close following’ in F1 hurt by aero loophole

Nikolas Tombazis, the director of the FIA’s single seater department, had admitted that F1 teams’ exploitation of loopholes in the sport’s technical rules negatively impacted the on-track show this season. Formula 1’s technical regulation overhaul at the start of 2022 reintroduced into the concept of ground effects, where a car's downforce is mainly generated by its underbody and floor. The approach was largely successful in fulfilling F1's aim of making a car easier to follow by significantly reducing the turmoil of dirty air in its wake, and thus improving overtaking opportunities. But gradually, aerodynamic development has led to an increase of a car's outwash, or the volume of...
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