May 18, 2015 .- Time will tell how much last Thursday's meeting of the Strategy Group will actually change the direction of formula one. The group - featuring the top teams, Bernie Ecclestone and the FIA - met in England amid ever-loudening voices calling for urgent measures to turn around flagging audiences, disinterested sponsors and struggling teams and promoters. Afterwards, it announced that teams will be able to choose their own tyre compounds from next year -- but Pirelli immediately voiced its doubts and concerns. Also getting the green-light was faster and louder cars for 2017, with a six second per-lap boost to be achieved through aerodynamics, higher revs, fatter tyres and...
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