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Originally Posted by yermo
I thought that the season was a failure. Not a complete failure but a failure because, double diffusers, KERS and scandals. Some good things new tracks, tire differences, new pit/safety car rules, reliability rule changes and aero changes.
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To sum up, the seed of "failure" planted way back in 2008 when Overtaking Working Group was studing and develop the aero regulations of 2009...
Ross Brawn warned the FIA and OWG about the loophole in the regulations and apparently they ignored him. So Brawn, Toyota and Williams ran the DDD in Melbourne. Plus OWG has been over-estimate the effeciveness of KERS, and ends up doing more harm to overtaking than helping to improve overtake.
I wouldn't conclude DDD is the only reason Jenson won the 6 races in the beginning, it sure helps, but his driving style suits the BGP001 in warmer temperature and works well with both tire compounds. (which his driving style also harmed him in cooler temperature back in Europe races)...