Max Verstappen and Lando Norris are among the drivers who have voiced their concerns about the plan to ban the use of tyre blankets in Formula 1.
The process of phasing them out of the sport has already begun. Last season front tyres could be heated up to 100 degrees before being fitted to cars and back tyres to 80 degrees, but this season that has dropped to 70 for both.
And next year it will be reduced further to 50 degrees, before the tyre warmers are scrapped altogether from 2024. The planned reduction for next season was tested during practice ahead of the United States Grand Prix last weekend, in a session which saw drivers struggle to control the rear ends of their cars on colder rubber.
