After a one-year delay F1 is finally introducing its much-anticipated new technical regulations in 2022, drastically overhauling the aerodynamics in a bid to improve overtaking.
As F1 hopes a reduction of dirty air and a more prescriptive ruleset will make the racing closer, some observers fear that the nature of a new regulations cycle will actually drive teams further apart for the first couple of seasons.
McLaren tech chief Key acknowledges there will be a huge development curve in 2022 as teams get to grips with the new package. He says it might take up to a year for teams to truly get closer to each other as he doesn’t rule out certain outfits having found “real game changers” on their cars.
“I think the development rates will be likely extremely high,” Key said when asked by Autosport on whether he is expecting teams to converge quickly on performance.
“I think with the nature of these regs it’s probably going to equal out a bit quicker than what we have now, simply because…
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