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FIA allays 2017 overtaking fears
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The FIA is confident the proposed 2017 F1 regulations will not make it harder for cars to overtake. Proposed new aerodynamic regulations designed to make cars up to five seconds per lap faster have been met with a cautious response from drivers who fear increased downforce will make it harder to follow another car. FIA president Jean Todt explained in Bahrain that overtaking remains a key part of the brief the teams and the FIA have been working towards. "The mandate was and the mandate is how to make Formula One show that it is the pinnacle of motorsport," Todt said. "How to make cars quicker, more spectacular and facilitate overtaking while...
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