Motor Sport Magazine

LETTERS

The changes to Formula 1 pitstop regulations to reduce the possibility of cars re-joining with a loose wheel are clearly well-intentioned and if effective are to be applauded. However, I believe much greater change is needed in the whole process. For years I have thought that the size of crews is not only potentially dangerous but frankly ludicrous. Why do we need a 20-plus crew swarming over and around a car simply to change four wheels?

In the new era of cost caps, what possible justification can there be in spending hundreds of thousands on purchasing and shipping highly specialised equipment

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