Though it is not easy to determine the pecking order based on the times clocked during testing, one can safely say that MERCEDES AND FERRARI WILL BE THE FRONTRUNNERS in Melbourne, followed closely by Red Bull Racing.
A sport where the term‘standing still’ means going backwards, Formula One has decided to turn the clock back to regain its fan base.
For years, most of the regulation changes introduced in the sport were aimed at slowing down the cars. This season, though, changes have been introduced to make the cars faster, look better and make it a bit difficult for the drivers to race them.
FOR THE FIRST TIME in two decades, the cars in 2017 will be wider, with the size of the tyres being increased by more than 25 per cent. The Wider tyres increase the contact patch and provide more mechanical grip, enabling the cars to go faster around the corners.
Ever since the hybrid engines were introduced in 2014, the increased weight of the car and the rapidly degrading tyres — introduced to have more pit stops — made the cars slower, especially around the corners.
Over the past three years, the drivers had constantly complained about having to coast in order to save fuel. The drivers were also unhappy that they were not able to push their cars without hurting the tyres, hence they had to drive conservatively.
There was also a perception that the F1 cars, unlike a decade ago, were easy to drive, and the success of someone like Max Verstappen, making his debut as a 17-year-old, only accentuated this impression.
APART FROM WIDER TYRES and cars, the new season will also see a raft of aerodynamic changes, making the cars look a lot more racy than they were in recent times, with a lower and wider rear wing along with a wider front wing that is proportional to the increase in the car’s overall width.
The new regulations were put in place in 2015, with a targeted increase of five seconds per lap, and times from pre-season testing confirmed that some of the cars were on the mark.
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