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Whiting hints at procedure changes to stop pitstop blunders
FIA race director Charlie Whiting will soon present teams with potential pitstop procedure changes destined to prevent unsafe releases in the future. Pitstop blunders and unsafe releases have been on the rise, with a Ferrari mechanic injured in Bahrain following a mishap involving Kimi Raikkonen, and McLaren fined last weekend for the untimely release of Stoffel Vandoorne in FP2. Puzzled by the continual incidents, which started in Melbourne with Haas' double fumble, Whiting investigated the issues, and suggests a few solutions could be implemented to reduce the tyre change hazards. "I think we can introduce a few things to improve, to decrease the likelihood of mistakes,"...
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