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Button: Info overload bad for F1

Drivers get way too much information when they are in the cockpit and it is taking the fun out of the sport. That's the view of Jenson Button. There have been suggestions in recent months that Formula 1 is becoming too boring with current BBC F1 commentator David Coulthard suggesting drivers are 'not being pushed physically or mentally'. Former Williams and McLaren driver and current IndyCar racer Juan Pablo Montoya went even further as he feels 'the driver is now lazy.' 'They see [the temperature] is too much they back off the pace,' the Colombian said. 'Look at the tyres, back off the pace, look at the brakes, back off the pace. If you take all that away it becomes a feel thing...
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