Todt: We want more chances for a driver to make a mistake

Earlier, the FIA president said the sport should look into reintroducing refuelling, as the cars have become much heavier than in decades past.

But Todt has some more suggestions according to Globo, "We have to consider the list of all of these driver aids. We want more chances for a driver to make a mistake. Think about when Michael probably lost the championship in 1998."

Todt, who led the team in the golden era at the turn of this century, also proposed that F1 should ban anti-stall systems and also thinks telemetry should be banned, especially with the way it is instantly analysed by team members back at the factories.

"We want races to be less predictable, and for that, we must get rid of telemetry," said Todt who recently threw refuelling back on to the table for consideration and found support for lighter cars from five-time F1 World Champion Lewis Hamilton.

The Mercedes driver reasoned, "Except for having a lighter car, I don't think many of those (other suggestions) are going to do much. The cars don't need to be 730 kilos. They just don't need to be that heavy. With a lighter car, we could fight harder."

[Note: Apologies for inappropriate use of Markus Ericsson picture of his Monza crash in the first posting of this piece. That was not driver error.]

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