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Magnussen: Drivers have bigger influence

– Kevin Magnussen reckons drivers will be able to make a bigger difference with the sport's latest machines. This season, turbocharged 1.6-litre V6 power units have arrived on the scene, while exhaust-blown diffusers – which generated masses of rear-end downforce – have been outlawed. Along with a variety of other technical tweaks, it has presented the grid with a massive driving challenge, and Magnussen, who set the pace on the second test day in Bahrain, says he is enjoying every moment. "It really is a drivers' car," said Magnussen. "With blown diffusers it became a little bit easy and on new tyres you were very much relying on the car and the set-up and the...
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