Going into the home stretch making up the final four rounds of the 2021 Formula 1 World Championship, this edition of Tech Draft, examines the most recent technical narratives of the season, and how they might influence the outcome, as mechanical grip may well be a decisive factor. From The Circuit of the Americas in Texas, the F1 circus travelled south to high-altitude Autódromo Hermanos Rodríguez in Mexico where there was, importantly, a significant elevation difference between the two and a major difference in air quality. For the empirically minded that’s about 7,500 feet. It wasn’t a trivial difference, and those of you who have been to Mexico City like me will agree. Get to...
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