So F1 banned wheel covers back in 2010 because they didn't improve overtaking as was intended.

So for 2022, when the entire focus of these new cars is to improve overtaking - they brought them back?

Huh? That seems bizarre - on the surface.

But today we’re gettin our air-heads on to figure out the aero wizardry that these wheel covers are doing. And why do these new ones move with the wheels - where the iconic Brawn neon ones didn’t?

Let’s go!

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