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Actually, it's more like an experiment, in utilizing a high downforce design. It's similar to what Jim Hall and later Brabham/Alfa Romeo, and recently McNulty with their example at Goodwood. Not to mention the one designed by the father of the McLaren F1 GTR.
Both active and passive ground effects designs have been around for quite some time, but the Reliance upon them to be central to a car's capabilities has been far from reliable, especially on the racetrack. It's the secondary issues that plague them, the 9x8 duly noted. And as the season continued, they began to crop up more and more, which was why they had this second design ready to go.
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