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Verstappen: New impeding rule ‘just creates more trouble’

Max Verstappen has explained why he is no fan of the new directive introduced in Brazil that forbids drivers from blocking F1’s pitlane during qualifying in a bid to create a gap with traffic on the track. The FIA recently introduced a maximum lap time rule to minimize bottlenecks of traffic during qualifying due to drivers seeking to create space for themselves ahead of a hot lap. But an unintended consequence of the rule now sees drivers attempting to engineer a gap in the pitlane before they join the track, including by stopping at pit exit to optimize the moment when they head out on to the circuit. Ahead of this weekend’s round of racing at Interlagos, a new directive was...
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