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New rules make overtaking harder - Glock
For the cars without KERS...
31/03/09 12:00






According to Timo Glock, F1's 2009 regulations have made it even harder to overtake some cars.

One of the main objectives of the new rules, including the introduction of KERS boost buttons and the radical shape of the bodywork, is to make passing less of a rarity.

But after last Sunday's season opener in Australia, Toyota driver Glock said he had rarely found following a rival car as difficult as at Albert Park.

"It's unbelievable how much downforce I lost behind him (Fernando Alonso)," the German told GP Week, when speaking about his battle with the Renault.

"Behind Kimi and the Ferraris it was a bit easier but with Fernando I had no chance and every time I was close enough I lost the downforce overall," Glock added.

The voluntary deployment of KERS technology, meanwhile, means that some cars this season are equipped with a power boost-button, while others - like the Toyota - are not.

27-year-old Glock revealed: "Every time I was behind a car it was a KERS car and I just lost the downforce, and when I was close enough they just pressed the (KERS) button and I had no chance."

Source: GMM
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Personally I don't understand why the hell don't they bring back ground-effects and active suspensions and turbos.

Till then it will just be another case of same as it ever was.

I don't care what they do. BUT BRING THE FUN BACK...

This Kers thing is sh!t

I hate it, the drivers don't need it. So unfair.

Drivers need less skill now to over take

It's not about taking risks and dangerous moves, it's about pressing a button when you get be hide your rival.

So your solution would be ?!


The unfair advantage was always there in GP racing, whether it was the Ferrari engine with an extra 20 to 120 horses and torque, better tires, the slipstream aerodynamic push to pass effect on old circuits like the old Monza/old Spa/old Silverstone/old Hockenheim, the turbo engine adjustable boost or the fact that the car in front had a technical issues (misfiring cylinders, broken exhaust, crappy fading brakes).

Driving skill is and always was over-rated in the greater scheme of thing, particularly with regards to over-taking.