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Teams will quickly make up downforce, says McLaren's Key
McLaren technical director James Key believes it won't take teams long to recover the previous levels of downforce they had before the latest set of technical changes were introduced. Revisions to the regulations governing the size of the floor area in front of the rear tyres together with tweaks to brake ducts and diffusers are among the measures that have been brought in to take the pressure off Pirelli's tyre compounds. The reduction of downforce at the back has a knock on effect on the overall aero balance forcing teams to reduce downforce levels at the front to even things out. Mercedes reported that the changes had taken cars back to 2019 levels of downforce. F1 bosses including...
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