The main aim of the 2022 technical regulations is to create a wake that allows following cars to maintain much higher downforce levels as they close in compared with the previous cars.
The aero package was developed by a team working at the F1 organisation under Brawn and led by aerodynamicist Jason Sommerville, who focussed on what was required to make it easier for cars to follow.
That led to some very tight prescriptions in the regulations to which the teams have had to adhere.
However, in theory aerodynamicists could actively search for ways to spoil the wake, and thus make it harder for others to overtake.
Brawn is convinced that teams won’t deliberately try to do that, but he conceded that as they find ways of making their cars faster and develop new aero elements there could be a detrimental impact on following.
“I think that any loss of this ability to follow will be an accidental consequence of the pursuit of performance,” said Brawn when asked by Autosport.
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