Mark Handford on F1 overtaking

Recently Mark Handford was interviewed by Motor Sport Magazine regarding the debate on overtaking in F1.

"…Here’s a lesson for the FIA and Formula 1. In 1998 CART introduced a new rear wing called the Handford Device for its two 500-mile races on the high-banked Michigan and California superspeedways. It was used only at those two tracks and was the result of conversations between Newman/Haas aerodynamicist Mark Handford and CART’s technical director Kirk Russell about how to improve overtaking and wheel-to-wheel racing…"

"…Handford is baffled by the FIA’s narrow thinking on this subject. 'There’s a very narrow view in F1. They need someone to say you have to get away from flat bottoms [on the cars] and put downforce in the underbody and take it out of the wings. If they did that I think it would become much more exciting to watch.'…"

Read the article here.