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Originally intended for the 2021 season, the regulations were delayed a year due to Covid.

These regulations are aimed at reducing ‘following car distance’ by removing ‘dirty air’ that leading cars leave in their wake, making overtaking moves more difficult due to the turbulent air flow.

Cars will differ quite substantially from their predecessors despite power units being essentially unchanged, as sidepods, airboxes, brake ducts, underbodies and both front and rear wings are set to be redesigned. The addition of 18-inch wheels will also massively affect the cars, both visually and technically.

The new designs will be the biggest change in decades, with the new-era of ground-effect cars set to tighten the grid.

The 23-race 2022 campaign begins on March 18-20, with winter testing for the all-new generation of cars underground from February 23.