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Khatir Soltani

But he admitted it is not simple, even for the president of F1's governing body, to unilaterally instigate a change.

"I don't have the power without creating unnecessary conflict to change something I'm not happy (about)," said Jean Todt.

Denny Hamlin, race number 11 (Photo: nascar.com)


He explained that teams may object based on needing all the bodywork space for sponsors, while the binding Concorde agreement sets out the conditions for rule changes.

"You need to have some strong ground for changing. You need to have a minimum of positive opinion among the group in formula one. So far, unfortunately, they are not interested, they are quite happy. It will come ... it will change," he said.

Sebastian Vettel, race number 1 (Photo: Pirelli)


Khatir Soltani
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