The FIA has agreed to a compromise over track limits at the first corner of the Hockenheim track, following complaints from drivers and teams after Friday practice for the German Grand Prix. Although the F1 Strategy Group had voted to abolish track limits for this weekend as an experiment to see if it made the sport more spectacular, race director Charlie Whiting had ruled such an idea impractical. His view was that if there were no track limits, it would simply result in drivers consistently running wide everywhere to better their lap time – and would ultimately result in a 'different' track. That was why he decided to enforce the limits at Turn 1 during free practice on Friday with...
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