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2019 regulation changes will slow cars

Nikolas Tombazis, the FIA technical boss, has warned that new regulations to be introduced next season in a bid to improve overtaking will slow the cars by around 1.5s a lap. 'We expect to about lose 1.5s per lap maybe, that sort of order, that sort of order, he warned ahead of this weekend's Spanish Grand Prix at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, the track where the new aero will make its debut next year in pre-season testing. 'It is a bit difficult to predict exactly the amount of development the teams will put on,' he admitted, 'but we certainly expect to lose performance, but that sort of magnitude.' Ironically, the move comes just a year after new regulation were introduced to speed...
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