Formula 1 took its first steps towards a new era of handing greater responsibility back to drivers at the Belgian Grand Prix with new start regulations. Although there was no change to the technical set-up of the cars, a strict enforcement of a rule that forced drivers to control the cars 'alone and unaided' meant that advice from the pit wall to help with the start was no longer allowed. There had been some scepticism among drivers that the new policy would make any difference, but the shuffling of the order between the grid and the first corner at Spa-Francorchamps suggested different. Nico Rosberg dropped from second place on the grid to sixth at La Source, while Sergio Perez was the...
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