The aim of Formula 1's delayed rules reset remains improving its sporting product - the racing.
For too long events have suffered from a lack of overtaking, the same teams winning, little in the way of surprise. But, whisper it though, much of 2019, after the nadir of the French Grand Prix, was pretty good.
Nevertheless, the new cars, when they now do arrive in 2022, are intended to slash the negative effects of aerodynamics, with closer and more unpredictable races the desired outcome.
Alex Kalinauckas is Autosport's Grand Prix Editor. After completing a master's degree in journalism at Goldsmiths College, University of London in 2014, he worked for a range of technology and motorsport publications while covering national racing as an Autosport freelancer. A lifelong motorsport fan - no one in his family can explain quite how or why such a development first occurred - Alex joined the Autosport staff in April 2017 as the Magazine Assistant Editor covering Formula 2 and GP3, before switching to cover Formula E work as Autosport.com Plus Editor in March 2018. He lives in north-east London and is constantly frustrated by the Central Line.
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