Formula 1 extends media pitlane ban to all sessions 11 July, 2013 No more cameras in the F1 pitlane Formula 1 officials have clamped down even further on pitlane safety procedures, in the aftermath of the Nurburgring incident. After a television cameraman for Bernie Ecclestone's FOM operation was hospitalised by Mark Webber's stray wheel after a pitstop last Sunday, the FIA announced that media will be banned from the pitlane during races and qualifying. And it now emerges that FOM has extended that ban to free practice, meaning that pit reporters will no longer be free to stalk pitlane for coverage and information during sessions. The British broadcaster Sky confirmed that it has been...
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