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F1 back on course for five-second speed leap in 2017
Formula 1 cars will still be up to five seconds per lap faster in 2017, the FIA believes, despite the original aerodynamic proposal having been watered down. While F1 seemed set last winter for a more extreme overhaul, teams backed away from the plan after concerns that ramped up tyre pressures required to cope with the downforce loads would negate any speed hike. In the end, a compromise solution – which has become known as the 'McLaren' proposal – was agreed by teams. This features around a 25 percent increase in downforce, half of that originally planned. Although it was suggested that this may have delivered a jump of two or three seconds, the FIA said in a statement on Friday night...
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