Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone takes credit for FIA radio transmission ban
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Actually, Formula One boss Bernie Ecclestone claimed the credit."I was the one who started it off, yes. The drivers are all happy it's gone," said Ecclestone, referring to the end of all performance-related messages between the pit wall and the drivers
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"Maybe he [Ecclestone] spoke to the drivers from the ’80s, :sailor:
who do not know what it is like to drive these cars," said Felipe Massa."The cars are very complicated [and] if the settings are wrong, you cannot do two laps before the car fails," he explained. "If it stays like this, there will be a big fight in the drivers' briefing."Sergio Perez agreed. "It's not great they have made such a big change from one race to another," he said.World champion Sebastian Vettel said the drivers might struggle to manage the complicated charging of the cars' on-board energy recovery systems."That's why we have so many people in the garage," said the Red Bull driver. "They're not here to have a nice time and have a couple of beers. They're here to do a job
I figured Felipe would whine the loudest. ;)
Personally I'm for the rule change, but agree with Perez, changing mid-season is stupid, but not a surprise, because this is Bernie's MO.