The owner of the Toro Rosso Formula 1 team believes his fellow team principals need to start reducing downforce levels to improve the quality of racing at the highest level of international motorsports.
Speaking to Motorsport.com, Franz Tost says the discipline needs to look at cutting the current downforce levels by half.
"We have so much downforce, which means high corner speeds, no one can follow because of the dirty air behind and we have hardly braking zones," Tost told Motorsport.com. "How should you overtake?
"That means the FIA, FOM — and there are the experienced people over there, like Ross Brawn, like Pat Symonds — they know exactly what you should do: to come down with aero side, with the downforce. I would cut minimum 40 to 50 percent of the current downforce, to make the car much more unstable in the corners.
"Then people see that drivers have to fight with the car. Cars will be much faster on the straight, you have chances to overtake someone — because of (increased) braking — and you can follow in the corners."
He said the target range could be easily realized if the owners collectively wanted it.
Formula 1 created the fastest cars ever in 2017 when they added a tremendous amount of downforce. Now the league is looking to take some of it off with reworked front wings and reworked bargeboards.
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