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F1 designer proposes qualifying traffic solution

Formula 1 designer Gary Anderson has called for the sport to introduce maximum sector times in qualifying to solve traffic issues. Such issues reared their head again last time out in Austria, with Fernando Alonso missing out on Q3 after being blocked by Sebastian Vettel at the final corner during his flying lap. The German himself had slowed down to get some space for his own lap as other cars ahead of him were doing the same and backing him up. Similar incidents have taken place a number of times in recent years and Anderson, designer for the Jordan and Stewart F1 teams, thinks a maximum sector time – the fastest time for each sector multiplied by a percentage – needs to be...
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