The 2006 Technical Review (part II)
The past year saw technical debate take centre stage, with a flourish of innovation and controversy. Craig Scarborough reviews the cars and events of the 2006 season, and this week he focuses on aerodynamics, tower wings, mass damper, Ferrari, Honda, and more...
Although spotlight in the world championship battle was on the differing tyre performance of the top two teams by the end of the season, there was an intriguing undercurrent of aerodynamic and chassis development among the entire field and throughout the year.
Aided by a stable set of chassis rules, the teams pressed the definition of the technical regulations harder than at any point in recent years. In fact, not since the ban on active driver aids has the technical aspect of the sport created so many headlines.
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