Mercedes motorsport boss Toto Wolff believes the European Grand Prix highlighted a problem with the new team radio clampdown, which limits what can and can't be communicated between the driver and team.
At the beginning of the season, the radio rules were tightened up to stop engineers from essentially coaching their drivers, but Wolff believes it may have gone too far following struggles for both Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Kimi Raikkonen, both of which pleaded for more information from their team during Sunday's race.
Hamilton suffered a drop in power because a switch wasn't set correctly before the race, but his engineer was unable to inform him how to remedy the situation, causing him to lose precious time to those ahead.
Hamilton believes that the problem cost fans a better race as he was unable to fight his way through the pack.
Wolff concurred, and believes it might be time to rethink the ban, at least in situations where a driver has a problem.
"I think we want to see drivers racing each other and today’s cars are very complicated because they are so very sophisticated technology-wise," he is quoted as saying by Motorsport.
"I think we need to look at the rules. It is not like I am complaining – it is the opposite. It is the same for everybody and I think Ferrari had a similar issue.
"So you can do two things. Make the technology much less complicated, but I don’t think this is the right direction.
"Or maybe adjust the regulations so you can communicate more with the drivers in case it is a problem. But it is how it is."
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