F1 teams were 'sucked in' by new regulations

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Formula 1's outgoing managing manager of motorsport Ross Brawn has fixed his verdict connected the occurrence of caller aerodynamic regulations introduced astatine the commencement of the 2022 season.

The caller rules were meant to let cars to travel acold much closely, portion besides making overtaking easier.

While the erstwhile was surely delivered upon, respective drivers expressed doubts implicit the occurrence of the latter.

Asked to springiness the occurrence of the regulations a standing retired of 10, Brawn gave them "eight oregon 9 retired of 10, (which) was towards wherever we wanted to be".

"I deliberation a mates of things we moved connected probably, retrospectively, we wouldn't person done," helium told motorsport.com.

"If you remember, determination was a play erstwhile the teams were claiming the rules were excessively restrictive and the cars would each look the same.

"As a effect of that, nether pressure, we loosened up a small spot and we gave much state connected assorted areas. But the effect of that was that we got exploited.

"But that's Formula 1, you cognize that is going to happen."

Brawn said portion he, the FIA and different Formula 1 bosses were expecting problems with the caller regulations - peculiarly astir the porpoising contented that plagued Mercedes for overmuch of the aboriginal portion of the play - helium did not expect them to beryllium arsenic atrocious arsenic they were.

He said astir teams got caught retired trying to maximise downforce, with 1 evident objection - Red Bull. And the crushed they weren't was due to the fact that their prima decorator had seen it before.

"A crushed effect car by explanation tin porpoise due to the fact that of the precise concept. And those of america who experienced that years agone astir apt were much alert of however you should attack those things – and Adrian (Newey) successful particular, I don't deliberation their car had hardly immoderate issues," Brawn said.

"We each cognize that with a crushed effect car you can't tally it stone solid, adjacent to the ground. It's conscionable excessively critical. And I deliberation immoderate of the teams got sucked in, excuse the pun, to seeing however overmuch show determination was if you ran the car adjacent to the crushed and arsenic hard arsenic possible. But, successful the existent world, you couldn't bash that.

"Then they were stuck, due to the fact that they designed a car to run successful that regime. And it was rather hard to determination retired of it: particularly arsenic they saw the show nonaccomplishment they got from moving retired of it, which they didn't privation to springiness up."

Late past month, Brawn announced helium was calling clip connected his 46-year vocation successful the sport.

He was method manager astatine Ferrari betwixt 1996-2006, during which clip the Scuderia won 5 consecutive Drivers and Constructors Championships, portion moving nether squad main Jean Todt.

He has spent the past six seasons moving for F1 owners Liberty Media.

The 2023 play kicks disconnected successful Bahrain connected March 5.

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