A brand new rule which can see Components 2 and Components 3 drivers who trigger crimson flags in qualifying lose their instances has been welcomed by workforce bosses.
The addition to the sporting rules for Components 1’s main help collection will see any driver who’s deemed “solely” chargeable for triggering a crimson flag in qualifying classes doubtlessly have their greatest instances deleted by the stewards.
The brand new crimson flag rule mirrors one already enforced in different motorsport collection like IndyCar. Nonetheless, the rule is not going to be utilized in Components 1 this season, regardless of complaints over drivers benefitting from errors on past occasions, equivalent to Charles Leclerc and Sergio Perez’s crashes throughout qualifying in Monaco in 2021 and 2022 respectively.
Talking to media together with RaceFans, Hitech workforce principal Oliver Oakes applauded the introduction of the brand new qualifying rule.
“I really agree with it, as a result of I believe there’s nothing worse than somebody goes and takes pole by virtually ruining the session for everybody else,” Oakes defined.
“I suppose it relies upon if it’s your driver who’s made an harmless mistake or not. I all the time say with guidelines like that, you form of typically need them, however you then hate them in a while.”
Campos workforce principal Adrian Campos mentioned he would nonetheless count on drivers to push to the bounds in qualifying, even with the specter of having their greatest instances deleted in the event that they crash or spin out of classes.
“In the long run, qualifying is qualifying – it’s the place it’s essential take dangers,” he mentioned. “Additionally in case you have an accident since you’re risking an excessive amount of, you’ll begin from the again of the grid in each races. So it’s a danger that each driver must take even with this rule.
“I don’t assume it’s going to change lots. In fact, we don’t need anybody inflicting a crimson flag on goal to maintain provisional pole till the tip, so this additionally will assist for that. However that is one thing that, clearly, we by no means considered, so it doesn’t change lots for us.”
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Though Components 1 has not launched the identical punishment for drivers who disrupt qualifying classes, F2 workforce principals should not involved by the inconsistency between the feeder collection and the world championship.
“I don’t know why they don’t implement it additionally in F1, to be trustworthy,” mentioned ART workforce principal Sebastien Philippe. “Perhaps as a result of they’ve fewer crimson flags and possibly we are attempting one thing to attempt to keep away from having that many crimson flags, however I’m undecided it could change lots.”
The junior classes may very well be getting used to check out the effectiveness of the brand new crimson flag rule earlier than it will get thought of for future use in F1, urged Campos.
“I believe that, as another instances prior to now, while you need to implement one thing new, till you attempt it, you don’t know if it’s optimistic or not,” he mentioned.
“So I suppose that that is one thing that we are going to be implementing earlier than them. If it’s a rule that’s profitable and makes every little thing much more truthful, in all probability they are going to take into consideration implementing it additionally.”
However Oakes argued that having parity between Components 1 and its two principal feeder collection isn’t all the time attainable.
“I believe by way of whether or not we needs to be near F1 on guidelines or not, I believe it’s very easy to say we’d wish to be – as a result of that’s what the youngsters watch on TV – however I believe it’s really tough typically,” he mentioned. “There’s so many nuances which are completely different.”
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