Sebastian Vettel feels Formula 1’s re♛gulation changes to provide greater downforce and therefore faster cars wasn’t a mistake as he gives a tentative backing to the planned 2021 shake-up.

The Ferrari driver has previously said the outlook for F1 from 2021 onwards would guide his own future in the sport and reflecting on the rules presented during the United Stat♌es Grand Prix he’s eager to understand how it will develop from ‘the ideas on paper’.

During the 2021 rules presentation led by Ross Bﷺrawn there was stinging criticism of the 2017 changes to give cars greater downforce t𒊎o increase speeds because of the adverse effect on making it tougher for cars to follow each other on track – with an estimated 40% loss in downforce for following cars.

The next generati🅠on of F1 cars will produce downforce without creating ‘dirty air’ for following cars which is projected to cause a smaller drop of 5-10% in downforce for following cars, according to data provided by F1.

While Vettel has urged ch🌊ange he’s wary of making the F1 cars heavier in the future, with cars set to be 25kg heavier due to new tyres, chassis changes and engine materials, and he still holds reservations with the current V6 Hybrid power units.

“I think the cars are a lot mo𝓀re spectacular since 2017. Now we know what the cars can do now it was quite slow before that,” Vettel said. “Obviously w🎶e had very little drag and it was great in a straight-line but that is not what is exciting for us.

“It was maybe significantly slower than maybe some years earlier, so I don’t think that’s the d𝓀irection. The wrong direction in my point of view is that the cars are so heavy, related to in a way some of the safety measures but I think everybody accepts that and the power unit. I would hav🃏e liked a different engine [too].

“That is really I think the biggest difference if you make a big compare to where we are now and where F1 was 20 years ago an🃏d maybe further.”

With the initial plans for the next generation ♕in F1 set in place, Vettel wants to see how it develops and feels better and closer racing will remain the ultimate assessment criteria of the 2021 rules.

“I think the target that was set out wasღ to make a step forward,” he said. “Now we have an idea, I th🌼ink everyone was waiting for that day to come and now we need to try and understand what that idea means.

“Obvious🐟ly on paper the ideas always look great but I think it will materialise a li😼ttle bit more in the coming weeks. We’ll see.

“At the end of the day no matter how the cars look if the r⛄acing is better and for us it’s more fun then that’s a win. So we will see.”

The 32-year-old’s current Ferrari con🍒tract expires at the end of the 2020 season.