Right formula will be pivotal to 2018
making overtaking easier.
“Impossible to pass here, man,” Lewis Hamilton told his winning teammate Valtteri Bottas and third-placed Sebastian Vettel at the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.
“I think they’ve got to change this track,” he went on.
“The more overtaking there is the more interesting it is for the spectators.”
On paper at least the new Pirelli tyres could produce the fastest times ever. The reduction in engines used in a season from four to three will also see a flurry of grid penalties, as will the limiting of fuel consumption. But the general look of the Formula One racing car will be rather similar to the current model except for the cockpit, where the introduction of the Halo cockpit protection concept has changed the look and divided fans. The halo has a curved windscreen which Vettel said made him feel dizzy but which is aimed at giving greater head protection.
The French outfit wants to compete for the title by 2020 and has been working in the shadows to recruit fresh talent – not only Carlos Sainz Jr joining Nico Hülkenberg but throughout their team – after a disappointing season.
In addition, they are building what they call a new super-engine which they will also provide to McLaren. Talented Robert Kubica, now 32, looks set for an emotional return to F1 seven years after partially severing his right arm in a crash. — AFP