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Todt: Lack of passing a price worth paying for better F1 cars

FIA president Jean Todt believes a lack of overtaking in Formula 1 this year may be a price worth paying for faster and more spectacular cars. One of the downsides of the new generation of F1 cars is that drivers have found it much more difficult to pass their rivals. Lewis Hamilton went as far as suggesting after the Australian Grand Prix that the current situation was the worst he had experienced in his 10-year F1 career. "It is fundamental to the way the cars have been since I've been in Formula 1 but it's probably worse now than it's ever been," he said about overtaking difficulties. "It's definitely not going to be better – it's going to be the same for the rest of the...
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