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Drivers no longer enjoy racing F1 cars warns Coulthard

Formula 1 drivers are no longer getting the satisfaction they used to because the cars aren't challenging - mentally or physically - to drive in the modern age, according to David Coulthard. In Canada, a number of drivers, including world champions Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Fernando Alonso, were warned that they needed to conserve fuel and therefore were unable to push their cars to the limit. This is becoming increasingly common and it's not something the drivers enjoy having to do, warned Coulthard. "The sport has gone from the bucking bronco cars driven by Ayrton Senna, Alain Prost and Nigel Mansell, to an exercise in systems management which Fernando Alonso likened to...
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