The upcoming regulation changes for 2021 will see Formula 1 cars lose up to 10% of their downforce compared to 2020. Already plans were in place to reduce downforce on the cars for next season with Pirelli set to supply the same tyre compounds for a third season in a row, since the proposed 2020 tyres were rejected by teams, and the planned new regulations for 2021 have been delayed a year until 2022. But the tyre failures which Lewis Hamilton, Valtteri Bottas and Carlos Sainz suffered at the British Grand Prix prompted the FIA to further restrict the downforce levels for 2021, a move which Pirelli welcomed. And now the FIA's Head of Single Seater Technical Matters Nikolas Tombazis has...
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