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  2. Ground effect (cars) - Wikipedia

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    After a forty-year ban, ground effect returned to Formula 1 in 2022 under the latest set of regulation changes. The effect was used in its most effective form in IndyCar designs. IndyCars did not use ground effect as substantially as Formula One. For example, they lacked the use of skirts to seal off the underbody of the car.

  3. History of Formula One regulations - Wikipedia

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    The 2022 Formula One season marked the biggest change to the cars in recent times. Initially meant to be introduced for the 2021 season but with the COVID-19 pandemic pushing it back a year, ground effect within Formula One cars has been reintroduced. Ground effect had been outlawed since the 1983 season. [96]

  4. Lotus 88 - Wikipedia

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    By 1981 the ground effect cars were so efficient and so fast that the drivers were suffering from the tremendous g-forces involved in cornering and braking. The FIA banned the moveable skirts fitted to the bottom of the cars' sidepods that were vital for achieving consistent ground effect and regulated a mandatory ground clearance of 6 cm, in the interests of driver safety.

  5. Lewis Hamilton’s struggles explained by 2024 ‘trend’: ‘It’s a ...

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    Former Haas driver Kevin Magnussen believes he has identified the cause of Lewis Hamilton’s recent struggles, citing the ‘particular’ nature of ground effect F1 cars.. Magnussen, who lost ...

  6. History of Formula One - Wikipedia

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    This mostly included aerodynamic changes. Citing a loss of downforce in a trailing car caused by dirty air, the FIA introduced a new type of car designed around using ground effect to create downforce. This was the first time ground effect was used since venturi tunnels under cars were banned in 1983.

  7. Formula One regulations - Wikipedia

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    Formula 1 has contracted a single supplier of tyres since the 2007 season. The supplier ( Pirelli since 2011 ) supplies 5 specifications of slick dry-weather tyres (C1, C2, C3, C4, C5), of which 3 compounds are provided at each race (as soft, medium and hard).

  8. Grand Prix Drivers' Association - Wikipedia

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    Ahead of the 1994 season, the FIA banned electronic driver aids such as active suspension and traction control. [11] [12] The speed of the change (the FIA was so eager to implement the ban that it initially suggested imposing the ban in the middle of the 1993 season [12]) was criticised by several drivers, who believed that it would lead to unsafe design flaws in the 1994 cars.

  9. F1 fan banned for life after attacking Ferrari supporters in ...

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    F1 later stated that the fan has been given a ban for life. Leclerc, who finished third in a race won by Max Verstappen, was jeered by the Mexican crowd after the grand prix.