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Originally Posted by V8 Fireworks
Because people (drivers and fans alike) complained the cars were too slow in 2014-2016, hence the increase in wing and tyre sizes (i.e., increasing mechanical grip, since aero is just a multiplier of mechanical grip) for 2017.
Cutting the wing size would make them corner at Indycar or F2 levels -- at 3g instead of 5g -- which is noticeably slower. About 10s/lap slower.
For reference if you had no downforce at all, they would corner at 1.5g and lap about 20-30s/lap slower.
To quote Mark Webber, the 2014 cars were "too slow, not stimulating".
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But the 2014 cars were narrower and had thinner tyres. If they just trimmed the downforce the current cars would still be wider and have wider tyres so more mechanical grip and less weight transfer, so wouldn’t likely be as slow as those cars.