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F1: Drivers play down closing speed safety fears
Drivers insist that vast differences in speeds while harvesting does not pose a safety issue. At a time Esteban Ocon and Oliver Bearman are pouring cold water on the belief that the new regulations will produce a feast of overtaking, there is one aspect of the new rules that will allow drivers to nail a rival. With a 50/50 split between ICE and electrical power, drivers will need to harvest energy as often as possible, which, as previously predicted, will lead to occasions when drivers actually slow on straights, often by means of downshifting rather than simply lifting-off. While one driver slows, the driver behind, assuming that he too isn't harvesting energy, will make his move and...
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