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What gets to me, the rules are in place but aren't enforced....specifically...
20.3 "More than one change of direction to defend a position is not permitted."
Then, during the 2016 season the FIA gave drivers more specific guidelines on what is and isn’t permissible while defending one’s position on track.
"It followed extensive discussion of whether drivers should be able to change direction under braking, largely prompted by Max Verstappen’s move in Japan while the Red Bull driver was fending off the Mercedes of Lewis Hamilton."
Article 27.5 of the F1 Sporting Regulations states that “…no car may be driven…in a manner which could be potentially dangerous to other drivers…”. Furthermore, Article 27.8 prohibits any manoeuvre “…liable to hinder other drivers, such as…any abnormal change of direction”.
Then there's regulation 20.4: "When one driver is completely ahead of another on a straight, they are permitted to make a move in one direction. This move can be of any size, within the track limits, and the move can be made as slowly or as quickly as the driver likes — they can jink suddenly to one side or they can spend an entire straight gradually shifting across the track."
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