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Abiteboul ‘exasperated' by backtracking rivals

Renault team boss Cyril Abiteboul is frustrated after rival teams went back on plans to scrap the 'stupid' Q2 tyre regulation ahead of next year's championship. Renault, like F1's other midfield teams, is often hampered by the Q2 tyre rule which states that any driver making it through to Q3 has to start the grand prix on the tyres they used in Q2. This has often handed an advantage to the leading three teams who have such a pace advantage that they make it through to Q3 on the slower tyres. It also means anyone starting from P11 downwards has free tyre choice and therefore more strategy options. As such the teams had planned to scrap the rule for 2020 only for some to backtrack at the...
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