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Drivers unimpressed with radio ban

Despite claims that it will spice up the sport, drivers are unimpressed by the new radio communications ban. In recent years one could be forgiven for thinking that most F1 drivers merely steered their cars, such was the stream of endless instructions being fed in to their ears by their engineers. Already frustrated by gimmicks such as DRS, not to mention the need to conserve tyres and fuel, fans were further alienated by a formula that appeared to consist of drivers being the conduit via which the boffins were actually piloting the machines. The new ruling that 'the driver shall drive the car alone and unaided' is meant to eliminate the endless stream of information and instructions, and...
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