Drag Reduction System: Did it work?
The new-for-2011 Drag Reduction System definitely assisted in increasing overtaking potential in the sport, but as Gary Anderson explains, it wasn't universally welcolmed as the perfect solution to F1's long search for on-track entertainment
A Formula 1 team's main objective is to find loopholes in the regulations that others have not discovered, because it gives them a performance advantage for a least a few races while the opposition tries to catch up.
If the loophole is found early enough for the design concept to be based around it, then other teams will struggle to adapt it to their cars and will never get the best from it.
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