Just when it seemed like following a broad, corporate-management style and using incremental improvements had become the best way to make a Formula One car, radical new technical regulations this year have brought a sudden return to an old approach.
With the series driven by car-manufacturer teams in recent years, the best cars were created by evolving from a fixed design, with a huge staff contributing various elements to the whole. In the past, however, the best cars and teams had been made by brilliant minds and strong men like Enzo Ferrari, Colin Chapman of Lotus or John Barnard at McLaren…Â Details
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