Force India’s technical director Andy Green and the Silverstone-based team’s former German driver Nico Hülkenberg revealed what an impact the 2017 technical revamp can have on racing. Both promised that the new generation’s cars will be frighteningly quick. F1 partly returns to its pre-2009 state in aerodynamic sense. That year brought a new set of aerodynamic rules which curtailed the aero devices around the car. Consequently the downforce levels dropped by an easily measurable amount. Teams were therefore forced to use ‘big’, steep wings to retain the aerodynamic balance of the car. Teams used to use high-downforce wings even on circuits with long straight. Mercedes often used...
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