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Pirelli confirms 2017 overtaking drought

While the new regulations for 2017 were set to increase cornering speeds helping to create the fastest ever cars to grace the F1 grid, the failure to address aerodynamic grip meant that the age old problem of overtaking remained. From the opening race in Melbourne right through to Abu Dhabi, drivers complained that as soon as they got within a certain distance of the car ahead, grip went out the window meaning that there was little hope of making a successful pass. In calculating its figures, Pirelli states that 'an overtaking manoeuvre is counted as one that takes place during complete flying laps (so not on the opening lap) and is then maintained all the way to the lap's finish line....
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