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Daniel Ricciardo welcomes move to reduce on-track penalties

Red Bull's Daniel Ricciardo has welcomed the clarification from the FIA that on-track incidents will only be punished if they're considered 'dangerous' by the race stewards, following a relaxtion of the 'Verstappen rule' which was introduced last season. Following a number of incidents – mostly involving Max Verstappen, hence the name – where drivers were moving under braking, the FIA introduced a new rule which meant any such incident would be investigated and likely punished. Although only Sebastien Vettel fell foul of the rule, it was thought it would discourage drivers from 'wheel-to-wheel' racing and lessen the on-track excitement, therefore it has been...
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