Formula 1’s chief technical officer has revealed new details of the biggest overhaul of the series’ regulations in a decade.

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    3 months ago

    I’ll be surprised if these cars get over 250 km/h at their fastest. Then again, I don’t have access to their testing data, so take that with an ocean of salt.

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      3 months ago

      Honestly I expect the overall laptime to be about the same as current after a couple seasons. I’m just guessing too though.

      They’ll probably gain some speed in low/medium speed corners, and lose speed in high speed sections. Although additional active-aero will help some.

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      3 months ago

      They still have access to 1000 BHP for short periods, while weighing less and having less downforce that will almost certainly result in less drag for most cars. I would not expect peak speed to be that much slower than now, just average speed over the lap.

      Sure the drop to 6 gears from 8 (if it goes ahead) is going to hurt but not being able to use all 1000 BHP on the straight at somewhere like Monza means you’ll just be a sitting duck all day long, RB have shown that when they had their biggest DRS advantage.