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FIA tightens rules on F1 jump starts for 2018
The FIA has tightened the rules on jump starts in Formula 1 for 2018 – opening up the possibility for a driver to get a penalty even if the automated detection system isn’t triggered. What are officially known as false starts came under scrutiny in Austria this year after Valtteri Bottas appeared to move early, but was not penalised. Rival drivers believed that the Finn could not have reacted so quickly without anticipating the start. An important change has been prompted by Sebastian Vettel being out of position on the grid in China, as the German was so far out of his assigned space that his start didn’t register on the FIA system. Currently Article 36.13 of the FIA Sporting...
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