F1 technical director Pat Symonds believes that Formula 1 should use technology in decision-making processes.  Pat Symonds believes that simulators are helping F1 get away from 'knee jerk' reactions when it comes to rule changes.   “Things are very fundamentally different in F1 now. When we make changes they’ve got to be based on evidence,” Symonds said to crash.net. “We do want to make our decisions based on evidence and sometimes that’s quite difficult. Looking at the grid layout, in the ‘60s, there were a lot of cars side by side and over the years we’ve moved to this eight metre staggered grid formation. “We ask ourselves...
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