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F1 rule changes should be postponed to 2018, says Symonds

Williams chief technical officer Pat Symonds has suggested that the Formula 1 rule changes currently intended for 2017 should be postponed for a year. The significance is that Symonds is one of the main architects of the new rules package, and has been at the heart of the discussions since the F1 Strategy Group asked for faster and more spectacular cars. The 2017 rules are supposed to be fully defined by 1 March, but there remains a chance that next week's F1 Strategy Group and Commission meetings could agree that more time is needed. “There are two technical regulation meetings yet to take place,” Symonds said at the Autosport International show on Saturday. “One at the end of this...
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