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Verstappen: We'll see bigger differences between good and bad starts
Toro Rosso driver Max Verstappen has delivered a sobering message for those expecting drivers to have more control over their race starts with new rules coming into effect at Spa-Francorchamps. The FIA's clampdown on automated starts guided and perfected by engineers on the radio begins this weekend in Belgium. 'We now have to have all the settings for race day ready on Saturday as we are not allowed to change them on Sunday,' confirmed Toro Rosso rookie Verstappen. 'Before, we were able to change the clutch, its bite point and the torque on the starting grid, but that's not allowed anymore,' the young Dutchman wrote on his website. 'It means you're more dependent on your team.' 'Only if...
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