[tsiegwart]

Souk,

I agree with your assessment on the decision to keep them legal. Brawn stayed with in the legal interpretation of the rules and came up with a better design.

I just wanted to point out that good aerodynamics on a car provides the maximum down-force with minimum drag. The Ferrari may be able generate as much down force as the Brawn by adjusting the rear wing, but the cost is a high degree of drag and therefore a big negative impact on straight-line speed. This was Honda's problem last year. The car could generate down-force, but only with a very high amount of aero drag.

The diffusor creates a large amount of down force with relatively low drag. So actually it helps everywhere on the track and may even help the most on the straights.

I love F1, but these days, aerodynamic engineering is what dominates the sport above all the other technologies on the car. I'm not sure if I like that or not.

I do like the way the rules are changing and I'm loving this season already. It's really fun to watch. The racing throughout the field is much better and you can clearly see that driver's skills are playing a much bigger role this year. I see many more mistakes being made by drivers and I like it. I think it is more entertaining.