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Formula 1 enforces bike ban on drivers' track walks

Formula 1 drivers and team crews are no longer allowed to use bikes or any other means of transport during their Thursday track walks. Drivers typically undertake a reconnaissance track walk with their engineers on Thursdays to discuss circuit changes or specific challenges ahead of the race weekend. The track walk period is officially part of a Grand Prix's weekend timetable, with an assigned window that allow drivers to circulate on the circuit. Many drivers have often opted to conduct their track walk on a bike or even a scooter. But the increased congestion during the period, which also allows the presence out on the track of drivers and crews from F1's support events, has led F1 to...
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