McLaren team principal Andreas Seidl supports the postponement of Formula 1's upcoming technical directive aimed at making pit-stops safer. Having originally been scheduled to come into force in Hungary, the FIA have delayed their planned changes to come into effect at Spa, which gives the teams more time to prepare for the new rules. Seidl said there had been a “good and constructive discussion” between the FIA and the teams, as changes were made to the original rules to include more of a manual element at stops – which would have likely spelled the end of sub-two second pit times in races. But the planned minimum time requirements, such as a mandated wait time from dropping the...
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