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Faster cars not silver bullet for F1, says Sauber

Formula 1 chiefs are wrong to believe that just making cars faster in 2017 will be a silver bullet to help deliver a better sport, claims Sauber boss Monisha Kaltenborn. Although plans for wider cars with more downforce and bigger tyres are advancing, Kaltenborn reckons that F1 should be focusing more on making the sport more competitive, to deliver better racing. "Making the cars faster: is that really needed?" she told Motorsport.com at the FIA Sport Conference in Mexico. "Is it going to change anything? That is not the point you have to address. "You really have to address the point that the competition has to come closer again. That is what fans want to see out...
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