Part of Verstappen and Hamilton's talent will be "watered down" in 2022 car
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In 2022 we will get new cars which should make it much easier to follow the car in front of you in dirty air. Where many people think this will be to the advantage of Max Verstappen and other top drivers, Peter Windsor thinks otherwise.
By 2022, simpler cars should make it easier to follow the car in front of you in dirty air. This will make it easier to overtake, but Windsor says it will also create a problem. Because it is now easier to follow and overtake, the talent of drivers like Verstappen is less obvious.
Talent of Verstappen watered down
''If you look at the 2022 F1 car, a lot of that car is about making it easier for a driver to follow the car in front in terms of the turbulence having less of an effect on the front wing. I think, and I would bet a lot of money on this, that the FIA has taken into account in this that there are drivers who are actually pretty good at following another car in dirty air, and other drivers who are not,'' Windsor said in His new video.
''I think they're taking the lowest common denominator, and making the car easier to follow the car in front. That means that the impressive talent of a Max, Charles (Leclerc) and Lewis (Hamilton) in such a situation is going to be watered down because you have to do less now in such a difficult situation. That side of their talent won't be exposed like it is now,'' the former Williams team manager concludes.