Formula 1 is throwing the kitchen sink at overtaking for the 2011 season.

First came the decision by the teams to end their voluntary ban of KERS. So the power boost will be back to – in theory – aid overtaking.

Then yesterday the FIA World Motor Sport Council did away with the F-duct, but introduced the concept of “adjustable bodywork” which is “enabled if the driver is less than one second behind another”.

So to line up a pass, the driver will wait until they’re close enough, shift the car into this new low-drag mode, and engage the KERS power boost. Not to mention play with the fuel mix and front wing, as they already do.

Maybe it will work, maybe it will be utterly ridiculous. But either way, red shells aren’t far away.