News Details

FIA tweak F1 safety car rules ahead of new season

Formula 1's governing body made a tweak to the safety car rules to avoid a repeat of the controversy that erupted during last year's title-deciding race in Abu Dhabi. Race director Michael Masi, who was replaced last month, changed the safety car procedure in the closing laps at Yas Marina in a move that allowed Red Bull's Max Verstappen to pass Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and take the title. Hamilton would otherwise have taken a record eighth F1 championship, instead, Verstappen won his first F1 title. The FIA spelt out in a revised edition of the 2022 sporting regulations that ‘all', rather than the more ambiguous ‘any', lapped cars must unlap themselves before a re-start. Masi...
Full Story »
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Formula 1 Safety Car rules tweaked ahead of 2022 season

Formula 1's governing body made a tweak to the safety car rules on...
3y ago from GrandPrix247.com

F1 changes safety car rules to prevent Abu Dhabi repeat

Formula One's governing body made a tweak to the safety car rules on...
3y ago from espnF1.com

F1 rules update clarifies ambiguous unlapping situation

A subtle tweak to Formula 1’s regulations has been undertaken ahead of...
3y ago from MotorsportWeek.com

Livery tweak for McLaren in Bahrain

McLaren's MCL36 in Bahrain McLaren has shown off a revised livery ahead...
3y ago from SpeedCafe.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

‘Super talented’ MotoGP rookie Diogo Moreira...

Pedro Acosta believes “super talented” rookie Diogo Moreira has the...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Alex Palou delivers takedown of McLaren F1 drivers...

IndyCar champion Alex Palou has delivered a takedown of both McLaren...

Will Power turns first IndyCar laps with Andretti at...

IndyCar veteran Will Power completed his first test laps with his new...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Xabi Alonso privately complained to his staff that...

Sacked Real Madrid head coach Xabi Alonso reportedly told his coaching...
14m ago from SportsKeeda.com

Mertesacker to depart at the end of the season + FA...

Morning. The draw for the 4th round of the FA Cup took place last night,...
3h ago from Arseblog.com

Race for Guehi wide open with Man City, Liverpool and...

The race to sign Marc Guehi is wide open and there is not a favourite or a...
15h ago from SkySports.com

FA Cup fourth round draw – live

️ Draw for the last 32 to begin at 6.35pm GMT at Anfield<br>⚽️...
16h ago from TheGuardian.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.