News Details

Magnussen sees F1's overtaking pains as circuit dependent

Haas' Kevin Magnussen believes a large part of F1's overtaking issues are linked to specific tracks rather than to car designs. The opening round of the F1 world championship in Melbourne was marked once again by its lack of overtaking, a state of affairs which has prevailed over the years at the Albert Park venue. While many point to the design of the current high downforce cars as the culprit for boring races, Magnussen suggests that a few circuit layouts are also to blame. However, Bahrain next weekend should provide fans with a better spectacle, according to the Dane. "Bahrain is a much better circuit for overtaking than Australia," Magnussen said. "I don’t think...
Full Story »
7y ago from F1i.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Kevin Magnussen confident overtaking issue is circuit...

Kevin Magnussen believes this weekend's Bahrain Grand Prix will...
7y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Magnussen certain F1 overtaking issues...

Kevin Magnussen has hit back at the lack of overtaking digs at the 2018...
7y ago from Crash.net

Magnussen hails Dallara's ‘step up'

Kevin Magnussen believes Haas owe part of their 2018 improvements to...
7y ago from PlanetF1.com

Ross Brawn Already Solving F1's Overtaking Problem

Ross Brawn has said that Formula 1 is already looking into finding a...

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Brad Binder leads KTM 1-2 in second Barcelona MotoGP...

Brad Binder set a new all-time lap record around the Barcelona circuit to...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Rinus VeeKay separates from Dale Coyne Racing

Rinus VeeKay will not race with Dale Coyne Racing next season after...

Colton Herta leaves IndyCar to pursue F1 with Cadillac...

The Cadillac F1 Team has announced that it has hired IndyCar star Colton...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Arsenal plot surprise decision after ‘smart...

Arsenal handed a new contract to Belgian attacker Leandro Trossard last...
6h ago from CaughtOffside.com

'Clause only for Liverpool' revealed as Reds have edge...

Liverpool have the edge over Premier League rivals such as Chelsea and...
12h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arsenal and Man City given hope of signing...

Real Madrid attacker Rodrygo Goes was linked with a move away from the...
5h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Club accelerating efforts to sign Arsenal star while...

Arsenal are reportedly still facing interest in versatile Belgian attacker...
10h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.