How F1’s best and worst traits have shaped the new ground-effect F2 car

But it has not been entirely smooth sailing in the 18 months since the new ground-effect cars emerged, with grand prix racing having endured its share of ups and downs.

On the positive side, the cars do seem better able to follow each other than the older generation of machinery, which has allowed for some closer battles than we would have otherwise anticipated.

However, there have been some headaches too, especially when it came to F1 teams and…