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Wolff: Abolishing track limits would fix "boring" asphalt run-offs

Mercedes boss Toto Wolff insists that Formula 1 would be made far more spectacular if track limits were abolished totally, rather than drivers being forced to stay away from 'boring' asphalt run-off areas. Although the FIA reckons that such freedom is unworkable, Wolff thinks that there are bigger benefits to be had if drivers can run wide across kerbs and push things to the limit across asphalt run-off areas. “The tarmac run-off is so boring anyway that drivers are able to go off and rejoin,” explained Wolff. “If I am reading on screen that car so and so has rejoined the track, I think 'if you go off the track, you should be either in the wall or the gravel bed'. "If it is...
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