A super competitive Formula 1 grid with wide-open strategy options at a stunning track like Suzuka should be all the ingredients needed to deliver a spectacular Japanese Grand Prix.
But teams and drivers are already bracing themselves for what could be a game of patiently follow-the-leader thanks to the growing dirty air problem that F1 is experiencing right now. While F1’s new ground effect rules era from 2022 was supposed to better allow cars to follow each other closely, and indeed it worked for a while, the efforts by teams over more than two years now has done away with much of the gains.
“At the beginning of 2022, this effect was not there. “Now it is back, because the teams have all developed new aero packages and they are creating turbulence behind them. “And, unfortunately, because of the fast and flowing nature of this track, if you follow another car and you are in traffic, you lose quite a lot of downforce.
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