So F1 banned wheel covers back in 2010 because they didn’t improve overtaking as was intended.
So for 2022, when the entire focus of these new cars is to improve overtaking – they brought them back?
Huh? That seems bizarre – on the surface.
But today we’re gettin our air-heads on to figure out the aero wizardry that these wheel covers are doing. And why do these new ones move with the wheels – where the iconic Brawn neon ones didn’t?
Let’s go!
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