2005 Mid-Season Technical Analysis
Setting all dramas aside, there is still a Championship running this year, and the French Grand Prix will mark the midway point of the 2005 season. Craig Scarborough takes a look at the technical challenges the teams have faced in the first half of the year and what innovations features on the cars in the first eight races of the season
With nine races done in a 19-race season, The Formula One 2005 World Championship is at the halfway point - a good time to take a look at how the regulations and the cars have shaped up in 2005.
The regulation changes, limiting teams to one engine per weekend, one set of tyres for the race and qualifying, and a drastic reduction in downforce, have been largely effective. Engine reliability has been impressive as has the rev ceilings and power outputs. Aerodynamic changes have produced the most varied set of designs for some years. In fact, only the tyre regulations have created a major stir - with first the decline of Bridgestone\Ferrari and then the catastrophe of the US Grand Prix.
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