Formula 1 has headed in the “wrong direction” with the basic philosophy of the technical rules going forward. “I think the principle of helping cars to overtake by reducing the sensitivity of the following car to the one in front is fine,” he told motorsport-magazin.com. “In short, the cars have gotten bigger and heavier not particularly aerodynamically efficient because they have a lot of drag. “Bigger and heavier cars and people’s obsession with whether they drive on batteries or with fuel.”. Newey would therefore like to see “smaller, lighter and more energy-efficient cars” in the future, and argues that it would compromise safety. “On the contrary,” he argues, “it is a self-reinforcing problem because the heavier the car, the stronger it needs to be.”.

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