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Ban for team radio driving advice

Formula 1 teams have been banned from giving advice aimed at improving drivers' performance over the radio. Governing body the FIA says it will now enforce a rule dictating drivers must 'drive the car alone and unaided'. This will prevent teams telling drivers how to alter how they approach corners, as Mercedes do with title rivals Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg. The letter forbids teams communicating 'any information related to the performance of the car or driver'. The clampdown comes in the wake of concerns that the radio messages give the wrong impression of drivers being akin to puppets simply doing what they are told by engineers poring over computer read-outs in the pits. But...
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