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F1's overtaking problem is a myth

'New F1' is faster and more demanding, but overtaking has become much harder. How much does that actually matter?

Formula 1's trying to arrest a slide in popularity. The 2017 season has been sold on a promise of bigger, better cars, a promise that drivers won't have to drive like small children, a promise that this has everything needed to be F1's most exciting era yet.

After the Australian Grand Prix some of the reaction would have you think, on that last bit at least, that F1's lied.

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