Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg says the new start restrictions set to be introduced next month will make F1 "even more exciting."
The FIA announced last week that stricter limitations on driver aids and coaching, with "a particular emphasis on race starts", will be introduced from the Belgian Grand Prix onwards.
The changes have been put in place to give the driver more control over race starts and make them more unpredictable.
"It’s good," Rosberg said on the restrictions in a Mercedes team video. "It’s going to make it even more exciting because it will be even more in our hands – and even more difficult – to do a good start.
"[The changes] will throw in a lot of variables. It will be much more difficult – and much more difficult to predict the outcome of the start. Hopefully I can use it to my advantage."
Team-mate Lewis Hamilton believes his job at the start of races will largely remain the same, but he expects there to be more people poor getaways.
"We still have the same responsibilities," the two-time world champion said. "When you do the start from the grid, normally the team can calculate how much grip there is and how much torque delivery the engine is giving.
"If you have too much torque you get wheelspin, if you get not enough it is a slow pull away, so the team will see that and tell you to turn the torque up or down.
"Now we can’t do that, and we can’t ourselves turn the torque up or down. There is such a differential between the first and the real start, there will be a lot of people getting bad starts."
This article first appeared on Richland F1.
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The changes have been put in place to give the driver more control over race starts and make them more unpredictable.
"It’s good," Rosberg said on the restrictions in a Mercedes team video. "It’s going to make it even more exciting because it will be even more in our hands – and even more difficult – to do a good start.
"[The changes] will throw in a lot of variables. It will be much more difficult – and much more difficult to predict the outcome of the start. Hopefully I can use it to my advantage."
Team-mate Lewis Hamilton believes his job at the start of races will largely remain the same, but he expects there to be more people poor getaways.
"We still have the same responsibilities," the two-time world champion said. "When you do the start from the grid, normally the team can calculate how much grip there is and how much torque delivery the engine is giving.
"If you have too much torque you get wheelspin, if you get not enough it is a slow pull away, so the team will see that and tell you to turn the torque up or down.
"Now we can’t do that, and we can’t ourselves turn the torque up or down. There is such a differential between the first and the real start, there will be a lot of people getting bad starts."
This article first appeared on Richland F1.
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