Video: how driver worries are threatening a game-changing plan for Formula 1. Driver worries threatening a game-changing plan for F1.

Formula 1 drivers complaining is nothing unusual – moaning is actually part of their job description most of the times.

But when the issue of safety is at stake, it’s usually good to listen to them as it’s their necks – and all other parts of their bodies – on the line when things may take a wrong turng. That’s why their gripes have had an immediate effect on a rule change planned for the 2023 Formula One championship which is close to being abandoned. And that is a warning for the potential threat to the gamechanging plan to ban tyre blankets entirely in 2024 which may change the way Formula 1 races play out dramatically.