Traction control row looms
With less than two months to go until the start of the Formula 1 season in Melbourne, concerns have emerged that teams may try to get around the new ban on launch control by using traction control to help their cars get off the grid.
According to a story in this week's AUTOSPORT Magazine, senior F1 technical figures believe it could become a major issue over the course of the season.
McLaren technical director Adrian Newey told AUTOSPORT that while the regulations were clear about what defined launch control, there remained an issue about policing the possible illegal use of traction control on the startline.
"The rules themselves are reasonably clear in terms of what is launch control and what is traction control, so I don't think there is too much of an issue there," said Newey.
"Potentially the issue is the usual one: the ability to police. That does depend on hardware and software policing."
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