During last weekend's race in Canada, the team principals met within the Formula One Teams Association (FOTA) and decided to return the Kinetic Energy Recovery System (KERS) for next season, along with adjustable rear wings. Therefore, the drivers will be able to adjust their car's rear wing when they will follow another car, in order to create an aerodynamic boost for overtaking.
“It's going to be an enhanced F-duct, where the car that is following will be allowed to reduce its drag to attack the car in front. I think that will give a lot more opportunity for overtaking,” said Mercedes GP boss and FOTA technical chairman Ross Brawn after last weekend's meeting.
The FOTA has been trying for quite some time to spice things up in the series, creating rules after rules that would eventually lead to more overtaking in the championship. Following the FIA's Overtaking Group fiasco a couple of years back, F1 has been struggling with “boredom” claims through the past two years, which is that they're trying to avoid for a third straight season,
Kubica, on the other hand, thinks differently when it comes to overtaking in F1, insisting that the championship looks quite active and exciting as it is.
“And secondly, why it is only now that people are noticing that overtaking is difficult? I watched my first Formula One race in 1997, and there was not much overtaking then,” said the Pole in an interview with Germany's Auto Motor und Sport.
According to McLaren's team principal and FOTA chairman Martin Whitmarsh, the drivers will not be allowed to adjust their car's rear wing when in front of another driver, but only when trailing somebody.
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