I was a lot faster than the guy I was following, and the lap that I caught him, I got past him. It’s not a big difference but I could actually follow, so it will be interesting to see. “A lot of people were saying it wouldn’t make any difference. “And I would say, I followed a car today and it really, really feels a lot better than last year. “ are still very, very fun to drive,” he said, speaking on the first day of Test 2. The new, simplified front wings offer a two-pronged solution to dealing with the problems of cars following each other, with the leading car’s front wing now creating less ‘outwash’ – a big contributor to ‘dirty air’ – while the taller, wider wing also helps the chasing car create higher levels of downforce, helping to keep grip levels up while following a rival.į1 RULES & REGULATIONS: What’s new for 2019?Īnd after two weeks of experimentation around Barcelona, Magnussen has hailed the results as a significant improvement.
And one driver who was clearly a fan was Haas’ Kevin Magnussen, who told the media that driving in the wake of other cars around Barcelona had felt ‘a lot better than last year’.
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One of the big talking points of 2019 pre-season testing was whether the drivers would feel the effects of the revised front wings, introduced this year with the intention of improving cars’ ability to follow at close quarters to one another.