Every time a new set of technical regulations are introduced, someone finds a clever way of exploiting loopholes to extract maximum performance. The blown diffuser used in 2009 by now managing director of Formula 1, Ross Brawn, can be used as an example of that, so it is almost poetic that he was the one charged with trying to stop that happening this year after his, Jenson Button’s and Rubens Barrichello’s Brawn GP success in 2009. In 2022, ground effect aerodynamics made a return after being banned for 40 years, and the subsequent lower ride height of the cars required a brand-new design philosophy of the chassis and the floor. One of the key issues immediately noticed in pre-season...
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