Changes made to allow more overtaking in Formula 1
Formula 1 will attempt to make overtaking easier next season by introducing adjustable rear wings.
Drivers will be able to alter their wings to increase straight line speed, making it easier to pass another car.
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Source: Changes made to allow more overtaking in Formula 1
Drivers will be able to alter their wings to increase straight line speed, making it easier to pass another car.
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The change was agreed at a meeting of F1's legislative body, the FIA World Council, on Wednesday. It also confirmed Pirelli as F1's tyre supplier from 2011, banned the F-duct aerodynamic device and amended the safety car rules for the end of races. That final decision is a consequence of the controversy at this year's Monaco Grand Prix, when Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher was given a 25-second penalty for overtaking Fernando Alonso's Ferrari. It was agreed the rules were unclear - Mercedes and some other teams argued they allowed overtaking after the safety car had pulled in on the last lap - and the FIA, F1's governing body, agreed to clarify them. The rule - which will be introduced with immediate effect - now makes it explicit that overtaking will not be allowed if the safety car pulls in at the end of the last lap. The FIA World Council said: "No car may overtake until it has passed the first safety car line for the first time when the safety car is returning to the pits. "However, if the safety car is still deployed at the beginning of the last lap, or is deployed during the last lap, it will enter the pit lane at the end of the lap and the cars will take the chequered flag as normal without overtaking." With regard to improving overtaking next year, the World Council announced "driver-adjustable bodywork" would be allowed. It did not specify which part of the car this would be but a senior FIA insider confirmed to BBC Sport the top flap of the rear wing would be adjustable. |
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