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Liam Lawson has called for F1's driving guidelines to be "adjusted"
to prevent drivers from "exploiting" grey areas. The guidelines
have been a topic of hot discussion in the past year after a number
of controversial incidents, with some drivers believing the current
rules are muddled. For example, when attempting a move around the
outside of another car, a driver must have their front wheel
alongside the wing-mirror of the other car, but that car on the
inside can simply release the brake pressure to ensure they are
ahead at the apex and run the driver on the outside off the track.
The FIA recently released the penalty framework stewards work from
when deciding penalties, with further talks with the GPDA expected
throughout the year. Racing Bulls driver Lawson wants the grey
areas eradicated so drivers "can't exploit those limits." "As
drivers, we always find a way to exploit and get the maximum out of
the way the rules are written," Lawson told media, including
RacingNews365. "We know how they are written, so we know what is
allowed, what is not, and we figure out ways to use them to our
advantage. "I guess the way they are written, it creates a way of
doing that where you can release the brake and make sure a certain
point of the car overlaps [with the other]. "There are ways you
can do it that can create some issues, but it is very hard to have
a clear set of rules that doesn't allow for that. "The rules do
get better, and have done so in the past, but it is a constant
development, and they will need to be slightly adjusted in the
future. "I'm not sure how, but it needs to be in a way where we
can't exploit those limits."
