Development within Formula 1 is always fierce but when a rule change as significant as the one we've gone through for 2017 comes along, things step up another notch. Such was the magnitude of the technical change that teams had to carefully manage their development plans, in order that they apportion enough effort on last year's challengers while focusing heavily on this year's. In terms of development, we are entering a crucial phase in the season, as the balancing act between this and and next year's projects really begin. But the larger teams have the staff and infrastructure to cope better with this period of flux and thus can continue to introduce new concepts and parts throughout the...
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