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F1 clarifies team radio messages now largely "unrestricted"

Formula 1 teams have been formally told with immediate effect there will be no longer be restrictions on team radio messages - but they cannot keep conversations secret either from now on. Following a meeting of the F1 Strategy Group in Geneva on Thursday, it was agreed that the sport's radio communication clampdown should be eased. In a document sent from F1 race director Charlie Whiting on Friday morning, it was clarified that messages would now be pretty much 'unrestricted'. The move comes in to force from first practice for the German Grand Prix. The only limits are now on the formation lap, with certain exceptions - such as when there are car problems. It has been made clear to...
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