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F1 begins research project to make racing better

Formula 1 chiefs have started a joint research programme with the FIA to look into ways to make cars better able to race each other. Although the start to the 2017 season has been close – with Ferrari and Mercedes battling it out hard for wins – there has been concern about a lack of overtaking. Only once, at the Spanish Grand Prix, has there been a passing move for the lead when Lewis Hamilton on better tyres was able to get past Sebastian Vettel. F1's sporting managing director Ross Brawn said at the Canadian Grand Prix on Friday that the difficulties of overtaking had been acknowledged, and one of the tasks that a group of engineers he had employed were working on was how to create...
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