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Newey: Cars will more physical but what about overtaking?

Red Bull technical guru Adrian Newey expects 2017 F1 cars to be more challenging to drive, but at the same time is concerned that overtaking may be compromised. Newey said at the Autosport show, 'Cars will therefore be more physical to drive, I think it's a good thing, principally the neck muscles, drivers are all doing a lot of training over the winter to have bigger necks. 'But what that does to overtaking is a little bit of a concern, it means the braking distances will be very short. 'Yes, of course you can sort it out with DRS [Drag Reduction System], but to me DRS is a solution of getting cars to overtake each other, but a DRS overtake is not a memorable event.' 'Overtakes that we...
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