Palmer says team-to-driver radio restrictions are good

Amid calls by Formula 1’s senior drivers to reconsider the team-to-driver radio ban, a rookie has come out in support of the restrictions.

Renault driver Jolyon Palmer told Press Association “The radio ban is really good. Some people don’t know how to change the modes and then they get slower. They should do.”

“If you can know what’s going on with your car then it’s an advantage. I genuinely think it’s a good thing for Formula One.”

“We have to think a lot more about what’s going on the car. The engineers can always see if something is not right, but they can’t tell you what. They can tell you something in a code that makes you think, but they can’t say what to change. Otherwise the drivers are like robots, and engineers tell them everything.”

“It makes for a lot more variety. In Barcelona when Nico is in the wrong mode, Lewis gets a run, and then they crash.

“I don’t know the ins and outs, but I imagine he could have been told before in the old rules that he was in the wrong setting at the start and it would have made it all very neutral, a Mercedes one-two, a boring race.”

“I think most drivers accept it’s a good thing. It’s not really complicated. Most of the stuff we do is pretty routine,” he added.

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