>> A few years ago, the racing was furious,
>> almost touring car intensity. Now with the greatly deminished downforce
>> rules at the small ovals, the cars line up and parade around.
>Surely one of the problems with F1 at the moment is that the level of
>downforce required means that cars can't follow one another closely -
>the turbulent air means the front wing becomes inefficient. You see it
>time and time again as the car behind can't stay close through the turn.
and at Hungaroring and other places, a high-downforce setup allows F1
cars to follow and draft better than they do with low downforce (less
wing) setups.
-Matt S.