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F1 agrees 2019 rule changes to boost overtaking

Formula One has pushed through a series of tweaks to 2019's aerodynamic rules in a bid to improve overtaking.

Next year's cars will feature simplified front wings and a bigger rear wing flap -- increasing the effect of the DRS overtaking aid -- and modified rules around front brake ducts. The proposals were agreed following "an intense period of research" into how to create closer racing, spearheaded by F1 technical chief Ross Brawn.

The changes are separate to the ongoing discussions around the aerodynamic rules for 2021. Although Brawn's goal is to settle on a set of regulations which create closer racing, it was felt something could also be done in the short-term.