No one in the Formula one paddock is better than Adrian Newey in taking advantage of a regulation change and finding a silver bullet opening. He is the only designer to have won the constructors’ championships with three different teams in his illustrious career.
The 58-year-old Chief Technical Officer of Red Bull Racing, who was in India recently, spoke to Sportstar on the 2017 season, the new sporting regulations and much more.
Excerpts:
Question: Are you excited about 2017 after frustrations over the past three years?
Answer: I think it’s nice to have a new set of regulations. I wouldn’t necessarily say they are more aero-focussed; they are a cut-and-shut of the old aero regulations to allow the cars to generate more downforce. But I wouldn’t say they particularly give more freedom. And as I say in some ways, perhaps unwittingly, it’s actually made it even more engine-dependent because the amount of full throttle per lap is (higher).
We have been reading reports that overtaking might be even tougher because of increased downforce. Is this the right way to go?Have we identified the problem correctly and have we applied the right solution here?
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