In the wake of a disappointing 2018 Australian Grand Prix which featured just a handful over overtakes and which followed the revelation that overtaking in 2017 was 50% down on the previous year - a stat that Pirelli no longer provides, though it's not clear why - the sport got to work on a set of aero rules for 2019 aimed directly at increasing the chances overtaking by allowing cars to follow one another more closely. Simplified front wings featuring less architecture than before, revised bargeboards and brake ducts, not forgetting a similarly simple rear wing, were all intended to improve the show. The very nature of the Melbourne track means that it was hard to get a picture of the...
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