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Retro F1 tech: The big shake-ups of the 2000s

Motorsport.com looks back at how changes to the Formula 1 regulations affected the landscape of the sport in the past. Part 3: the current era. The 2009 regulations were the biggest shake-up the sport had seen in a generation, with almost every aerodynamic surface refined to curtail downforce levels, while a switch back to slick tyres was intended to change the relationship between aerodynamic and mechanical grip. The rules had been shaped around research done by the Overtaking Working Group (OWG) to slow the cars down and help improve overtaking by changing the shape of the wake generated by the lead car and the trailing car's susceptibility to it. 2009 rules package overview Photo by:...
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