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Nick Chester: '2017 the biggest challenge I remember'
Formula One is about to undergo a radical facelift with 2017-spec cars set to be bigger, faster and fitted with oversized wings and wider Pirelli tyres. How have teams prepared for the sport’s latest rules revolution? Nicolas Carpentiers sat down with Renault’s chassis technical director Nick Chester at the end of last year to find out. ©XPB Images The previous major aero changes in F1 took place in 2009. How does the 2017 overhaul compare to it? I think it is the biggest challenge I remember. It is bigger than getting rid of the exhaust blowing or modifying only the span of the front wing [in 2009]. Here, it is a massive change on the span of the front wing, on the diffuser, on the...
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