Components 2 CEO Bruno Michel says “widespread sense” modifications are must cease drivers incurring race bans mainly attributable to observe limits violations.
Three F2 drivers have been given race bans this years after reaching the brink of 12 penalty factors. Every incurred a few of these factors for exceeding observe limits.
A kind of drivers, Oliver Caldwell, earned greater than half of his factors for observe limits offences, including five in a single race in Bahrain. The drivers’ different factors got for extra severe infringements akin to failing to respect warning flags, dashing within the pits or collisions with other drivers.
Requested by RaceFans whether or not banning drivers mainly attributable to observe limits violations was extra, Michel stated: “I fully agree.”
“I believe there are completely clear causes for which a driver must be penalised, in the event that they do one thing harmful or in the event that they’re not making use of the rules,” he stated.
“Monitor limits in fact is one thing that must be checked out, there’s little question about that. However we had some conditions the place I believe [for] observe limits a driver obtained six penalty factors over the identical race, or one thing like this, and clearly there’s one thing flawed with that.”
F2’s observe limits penalties work in a lot the identical manner as F1’s, the place drivers are given penalties in the event that they repeatedly run too extensive throughout a race. Michel stated he plans to debate with the FIA whether or not the rule must be revised.
“So, sure, that’s one thing that we have to tackle with the FIA, in fact, as a result of they’re the regulators, to see that this may be utilized with with widespread sense. As a result of observe limits are essential however on the opposite finish, having a race ban due to observe limits is a little bit bit too harsh.”
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