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FIA will wait until 2026 to act on F1’s outwash ‘loopholes’
The move to the current ground-effect rules in F1 in 2022 was aimed at allowing cars to follow each other more closely. However, teams have found ways to maximize outwash characteristics through clever front wing design, making it harder to follow the 2023 cars compared to their 2022 counterparts. It has been estimated that there is now a 35% loss of downforce when competitors are two car lengths behind, up from 20% in 2022. Rule changes to address this issue will likely have to wait until the next rules era in 2026, as there are no plans for changes in 2025. Despite the worsening wake this year, it is still better than in 2021 and is not expected to significantly worsen next year.
