This is the big question about the 2017 Formula 1 season: will overtaking improve? While some are excited to see wider and faster cars, others believe it will make overtaking even more difficult than it is already because of the effect of dirty air (see my article on downforce for more about that phenomenon). Visit cnn.com/motorsport for more news and videosįor F1 fans, the new season and the new cars can’t come quick enough.Sebastian Vettel chases Lewis Hamilton at the 2016 British Grand Prix “I’m looking forward to next year, because next year we’re going to start smashing those records.” “The historic best lap times were set a while back, but we’re starting to approach those now,” Allison said.
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It’s 13 years since Juan Pablo Montoya produced the fastest lap in the history of F1, clocking an average speed of 162.95 mph (262.24 kph) around Monza during qualifying for the 2004 Italian Grand Prix.ĭuring the following year’s race at Monza, the Colombian driver set the fastest speed in F1 history, 372.6 kph (231.523 mph).įerrari’s former technical director James Allison told last year’s FIA Sport Conference that longstanding F1 records could tumble in 2017. Teams will be unveiling their new cars this month before the first of two preseason testing sessions at Barcelona’s Circuit de Catalunya starting on February 27. How fast? We’ll find out when the season kicks off with the Australian Grand Prix on March 26. The result is a “better looking car,” Costa says, “much more aggressive and looking fast.” “We will have much less degradation in 2017 and tires will – if we achieve what we are trying to achieve – have a wider operating window,” Hembery told F1.com in June.
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The Italian manufacturer has been on the receiving end of criticism in recent years for a series of blowouts, but motorsport director Paul Hembery says the new compounds will be more robust this season. Official F1 tire supplier Pirelli has put its new tires through rigorous testing to further improve reliability. The most striking change to the new cars will be the tire width, measuring 30.5 centimeters (12 inches) at the front compared to 24.5 cm in 2016, and 40.5 cm at the rear – an increase of 8 cm. “So for the driver it will be much more difficult to drive. “We think car performance will increase quite a bit – we are talking about three to four seconds per lap,” Costa added. “Next season we will have probably the fastest car in Formula One history,” Aldo Costa, director of engineering at the world champion Mercedes team, told CNN. READ: Five ways F1 will change under Liberty New regulations set out by the sports governing body, the FIA, will see the birth of meaner-looking motors with wider tires, wings and bodywork – all of which are expected to make the cars quicker than any in the previous 67 seasons of F1. AFP PHOTO/ ALEXANDER NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/AFP/Getty Images/fileīernie Ecclestone: F1 puppet master no longer holding the strings Putin, whose backing was crucial in Sochi winning the right to host the Games, is due in the city on Thursday to sign an agreement for work to begin on the construction of a new 200 million dollar circuit. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin (R) and Formula One racing director Bernie Ecclestone talk during a ceremony of signing an agreement to bring Formula One racing to Sochi for a Grand Prix Russia to be held in 2014, the same year the Black Sea resort hosts the Winter Olympics in Sochi on October 14, 2010.
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