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Alonso out of patience with FIA after latest rule tweaks

Fernando Alonso admits he has lost patience with the FIA over the constant rule changes in Formula 1, saying he has "given up" on trying to follow them.

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The FIA confirmed on Friday that radio messages will now be basically unrestricted, less than a year after having banned them.

The ruling body had made the radio restrictions tougher in recent weeks before deciding to ease the clampdown from this weekend's German Grand Prix.

Formula 1 has also been surrounded by controversy over track limits, with the Strategy Group agreeing on Thursday that there be no restrictions in order to avoid more penalties.

The FIA's Charlie Whiting, however, decided not to back down and imposed a 'three strikes' rule in place at Turn 1 for the rest of the German GP weekend.

Since then, teams have met and the electronics sensors detecting cars going off have been moved.

McLaren driver Alonso concedes the situation was frustrating.

"I don't care. I give up," said Alonso. "They can tell us what we need to do in every race. We know things change from race to race and now we are back to the rules we had about a year ago, more or less.

"I think at Spa it was when they got tough in terms of radio and so on, and it looked as if the championship and the races were going to be super spectacular, and nothing has changed.

"It's even worse, so we are going back.

"The same with the track limits. There were track limits, then this morning there weren't track limits, now it seems there's three strikes...

"So tomorrow when I go out during qualifying I'll ask them what I have to do and I'll try to not waste any more time."

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