Faster Cars Won't Improve Racing In F1- Lewis Hamilton

 

Lewis Hamilton has again cast doubt over the planned rule changes in F1, insisting faster cars won't deliver better racing. The world champion claimed last week that people making the sport's rules don't have an understanding of how cars work, with the one-clutch start at the Australian GP one of his annoyances.

Plans are also afoot to make cars five seconds per lap quicker in 2017 through aerodynamics but Hamilton, who was criticised by F1 technical delegate Charlie Whiting for failing to attend driver meetings to express his views, says he knows racing won't improve with the proposed changes. He said “There's been a lot of talk about the rules and whether the drivers should be more involved in decision making. It's not our job to come up with ideas and we all have different opinions anyway. But personally, I think we need more mechanical grip and less aero wake coming off the back of the cars so we can get close and overtake. Give us five seconds' worth of lap time from aero and nothing will change - we'll just be driving faster. I speak as somebody who loves this sport and loves racing. I don't have all the answers - but I know that the changes we're making won't deliver better racing”.

The FIA plan to make faster, more aggressive cars next season, which look set to be made with aerodynamics, the reduction of car weight and wider tyres - which could give Hamilton more of the mechanical grip he desires.