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Background: Race starts to be 'more varied'

– Formula 1 drivers are braced for more variable getaways during the 2017 season due to new regulations governing the start procedure in the sport.The FIA has been keen to place more control in the hands of the drivers, introducing a rule mid-2015 that the clutch bite point could not be altered once a car left the pit lane prior to the start.This was done amid concerns that drivers were being controlled by engineers, detracting from the spectacle, and reducing the impact each racer could make.For 2016, the regulations were tweaked further, with drivers forced to use a single clutch, a move which led to more action at the start, with Mercedes pair Lewis Hamilton and Nico Rosberg often...
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