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Formula 1 wants to make adjustments to the aerodynamic regulations by 2025. These plans come after a study showed that much of the aerodynamic effect of the regulations introduced in 2022 has already disappeared this year.
Last year, a new generation of F1 cars was introduced with the main aim of improving overtaking opportunities by making it easier to follow a car in front of you on the track. Last year the F1 pilots were very enthusiastic because the new generation of F1 cars indeed achieved its goal.
In the meantime, the F1 cars have already undergone serious development and it appears that this year’s F1 cars have negated a large part of the aerodynamic effect. Analyzes now show that half of the aerodynamic effect achieved last year has already disappeared.
This also seems to confirm statements made by various F1 pilots. In Monza, Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz made it clear that it had become much more difficult to follow the car in front.
“It’s a bit more like 2021 or 2020, when it was difficult to follow the car in front,” Sainz said in Monza.
Nikolas Tombazis, single seater director at the FIA, also told the Italian version of ‘Motorsport.com’ that studies have indeed confirmed that the aerodynamic effect has changed.
“If we take the 2021 F1 cars, and they drove two car lengths behind a predecessor, they lost about 50 percent downforce. With the 2022 F1 cars we only lost 20 percent downforce.”
“Now we are at a loss of 35 percent downward pressure. The situation has certainly deteriorated and Carlos is right in that respect. We have identified something and we need to take action.”
Since the development of the cars for the 2024 F1 season is already well advanced, any interventions will only take place towards the 2025 F1 season.
“We are looking at solutions for 2025,” Tombazis said. “We have identified some parts on the cars that we will intervene on, such as the endplate of the front wing, the side of the floor and the ‘fins’ in the wheel.”