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Andretti puzzled by F1's move towards 'wider cars and bigger wings'
Mario Andretti hopes F1's new rules will fulfill their purpose of allowing cars to race each other more closely, but the 1978 F1 world champion says he never understood the sport's move over the years towards "wider car and bigger wings". Formula 1's new technical regulations are based on ground effect aerodynamics - a concept very familiar to Andretti as it was pioneered in F1 by Lotus in the late seventies - that should allow drivers to follow each more closely by significantly limiting the amount of turbulent air swirling in the wake of a car that disrupts the downforce of a following machine. The changes are expected to result in more overtaking opportunities for drivers and...
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