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Alesi says new F1 turbo era completely overshadows drivers

Alesi says new F1 turbo era completely overshadows drivers 7 March, 2014 Jean Alesi With a week to go before Formula 1′s brave new turbo era fires up in earnest, not everyone is excited. At the Geneva motor show, former Formula 1 driver Jean Alesi admitted he is no fan of the ‘greener' era of energy-recovery boosted cars. 'The driver is being completely overshadowed by the new technology,' said the Frenchman. 'It is a challenge for the engineer but not the driver. We have entered an era in which only the tools count,' added Alesi, who raced more than 200 times until 2001. 'Now a driver cannot trust his instinct to attack his opponent because he is just one small element of the...
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