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Marko furious with Mercedes: They want to steal our pit stop advantage

Article To news overview © Getty Images/Red Bull Contentpool Red Bull's Helmut Marko isn't happy with how the FIA have brought through a new Technical Directive aimed at slowing down the pit stops. Red Bull have been the standard setters in the pit lane, frequently turning their cars around faster than anyone else can manage. But that advantage is set to be nullified by the new Directive, with the intent of the FIA being to prevent the teams from going faster than human reaction time. To this end, the FIA have introduced a mandatory 0.15 second response time between the wheelnuts being tightened and the mechanic signalling it's done. Any quicker, and it's viewed as beyond what's possible...
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