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Regulatory tweak to slow down F1 pit stops
Red Bull Racing services Max Verstappen's car at the French Grand Prix The FIA has effectively tweaked Formula 1’s technical regulations to slow down pit stops, from August’s Hungarian Grand Prix. Under a new technical directive known as TD22A, minimum reaction times for particular aspects of a tyre change will now be prescribed, according to multiple reports from Europe. The technical directive refers to rule 12.8.4 of the technical regulations, which reads, “Devices which are used to fit or remove wheel fasteners may only be powered by compressed air or nitrogen. “Any sensor systems may only act passively.” It stipulates that mechanics must react to each stage of the process in...
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