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Following the 'radio silence' debacles at Silverstone and the Hungaroring, Formula 1's Strategy Group met on the Thursday ahead of the last round before the summer break, the German Grand Prix.
Team bosses gleefully reported back that not only had they managed to persuade the FIA to derestrict driver-to-pit communications, but the governing body agreed to in future treat double waved yellow flags during qualifying as reds.
As an aside, they mentioned track limits would be less stringently policed, and that regulations for safety car starts under wet conditions were up for revision, with the most likely outcome being an acclimatisation lap or two behind the silver Mercedes, after which drivers would be on their own. Work on cars under red-flag conditions would also be outlawed, they suggested.
