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‘Teams will quickly recover all lost downforce'

McLaren technical director James Key does not think it will take much of the 2021 season for teams to return to 2020 downforce levels. In a bid to reduce downforce on the current generation of cars by 10%, changes have been made to the regulations surrounding the design of the floor in front of the rear wheels, as well as the brake ducts and diffusers. It is a change which many felt was needed in order to control the escalating downforce levels which were putting the tyres under severe pressure, especially since the new regulations have been delayed until 2022. But while the changes have succeeded in halting these developments, Key expects teams to recover all the downforce they lost by...
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