BUDAPEST, Hungary -- Team bosses will call on the FIA to reduce the weight of regulations in Formula One at a meeting of the sport's decision makers this week.
F1 nearly scored a major own goal at last weekend's Hungarian Grand Prix when it emerged that a strict interpretation of the Sporting Regulations would result in half the grid being reshuffled after qualifying. The race in Hungary also saw drivers call for clarification over yellow flag rules and the debate over team radio restrictions reignite following a radio message between Jenson Button and the McLaren pit wall.
The over-regulation of the sport is on the agenda for Thursday's F1 Strategy Group meeting and Red Bull boss Christian Horner said viewers at home need to be kept in mind when new rules are being discussed.
"I think we need a common sense rule," he said. "But probably in Formula One that doesn't exist.
"It's like the radio situation today with Jenson Button. I haven't seen what was said or reported but I think we're over regulating and making it too complicated for the fans.
"You need to keep it simple that a casual viewer can tune in and pick up what's going on without over-regulating."
Ferrari boss Maurizio Arrivabene agrees.
"For sure we need to clean up all of the grey areas in the rules, because when you have grey areas you never know where you are going and you start to go left, right, up, down but not forward.
"My president [Ferrari boss Sergio Marchionne] raised this topic one year ago more or less. He said clearly that we need to remove the complications and have clear and simple rules."