Teams will have more time to adapt their pit-stop procedures after the FIA delayed their clampdown until the Belgian Grand Prix. The original plan meant that from the Hungarian Grand Prix, teams would be required to build tolerances into their pit-stops to allow for human reaction times, with the FIA keen to move away from heavy reliance on automated systems. But after discussions with the teams, the FIA have updated parts of the original technical directive, mainly focused on these human reaction times during the pit-stops. The FIA have actually removed a large chunk of those proposed changes, but the updated directive now states teams must prove the mechanic on each wheel gun has pressed...
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