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F1: Drivers blame minimum time for pitlane 'impeding'

Drivers claim that rule mandating a minimum time, aimed to prevent them backing up on track, is causing the sort of pitlane chaos witnessed in qualifying. As it happens, Max Verstappen, George Russell and Fernando Alonso, who were all investigated for impeding in the pitlane, were subsequently cleared with the stewards effectively arguing that though the rule is creating the issue there is currently no alternative. In their findings, the stewards admitted that incidents occurred as a direct result of the implementation of the minimum lap time between SC2 and SC1 which was designed, 'correctly so, in their view', to avoid the dangerous backing-up of cars on the circuit during qualifying....
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