At no point in time could Newey come up with anything to rival what Mercedes seemed to have perfected in the V6 era off the platform that Ross Braun (a true gen

At no point in time could Newey come up with anything to rival what Mercedes seemed to have perfected in the V6 era off the platform that Ross Braun (a true genius of the sport) built with the use of the blown diffuser. This is largely because Horner hints at wanting moveable-aero pieces and the regulations are super tight on anything that moves. You take the veil off moveable aero and Newey would be back on top. It was only by McLaren forcing the F-Duct into the game in 2010, did DRS come in 2011, as the one exception to the no-moveable aero. >appeal to a larger audience instead of pushing the limits of both man and machine It's been this way for a very long time. Back in the early 2000s there was concern the new cars were too fast to be safe for driver's reactions if they lifted some regulations. If you strapped Traction control back on, with engines as fast as they could go and moveable aero, and less rules on the car layout, you would have absolute monsters. Keeping it in the butter zone requires sacrifices.