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F1 enters radio silence era in Singapore

SINGAPORE (AP) — As the Formula One season exits Europe and heads to Asia for this weekend's Singapore Grand Prix, teams and drivers are preparing for a new challenge, with the sport now banning a large amount of radio messages during races. Teams, with reams of available data during races, have been determining race strategy and the appropriate car settings to carry it out, with drivers simply pressing the buttons on the steering wheel to adjust their use of fuel, tires or brakes accordingly. [...] we did so much based on what they told us to do on the radio. Some messages will still be allowed, including lap and sector times and information on the situation of competitors such as track position, gaps and tire use. The governing body FIA has sent out detailed memos to the teams on what is allowed, but in a sport where success so often relies on exploiting regulatory loopholes, many are expecting some teams to flirt with the limits of the new rules. Having spotted one potential loophole already, organizers have said the banned information cannot be passed on by the old-style pit-boards which are hung outside the pits as the cars pass, which in times past were the principal form of team-driver communication.

 

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