F1 European GP: Wolff calls for radio rule review after Mercedes issues

Toto Wolff feels radio communication rules should be relaxed as both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg spend part of their race fiddling with settings.
Wolff calls for radio rule review after Mercedes issues

Toto Wolff has called for a review of the radio communication rules, saying issues suffered by both Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg in the European Grand Prix robbed the chance🌟 of seeing drivers pushing on because the tꦗeam couldn't advise on fixes.

In an effort to delegate moꦆre influence to the driver, teams are now given strict guidelines on what can and cannot be co⭕mmunicated over the radio, Mercedes falling foul in Baku after both Rosberg and Hamilton suffered with cars that had incorrect configuration settings.

Thoug꧋h race winner Rosberg was able to fix the issue himself relatively quickly as he cruised to a dominant fifth success of the season, Hamilton - suffering with a lack of deployment - spent a large portion of his race trying to resolve his problem, his engineer repeatedly informing him they couldn't advise him.

Scuppering the opportunity to continue his fight bac🍸k up the order after starting tenth, though Hamilton demonstrated his pace when he did get up to speed, he opted to settle for position in an effort to save his engine.

Frustrated that the rule arguably ruined the chance to allow Hamilton to challenge for a podium, Mercedes F1 boss Wolff believes there should be a review to prevent drivers spending their race tweaking settings with no guidan🌳ce, or else make the cars simpler.

"I think we want ⛎to see drivers racing each other," he said. "The cars are very complicated and obviously very sophisticated technology-wise. I think we need to look at the rules. It's not that I'm complaining, on the opposite it's the same for everybody, I think the Ferrari had the same i𝓰ssue.

"You can do two things, you can e🎃ither make the technology much less complicated, I don't think this is the right direction. Or we maybe adjust the regulཧation so you are able to communicate more with the driver in case of a problem. But it is how it is."

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