A day of meetings and clarifications, hopefully at least. Yesterday afternoon, in London, the FIA World Council met and approved all the innovations for next season.
Here comes the news
One of the themes that has caused the most discussion, during this season, is that linked to the timing on the starting grid. The most obvious case is that of Monza. At the Temple of Speed, nine pilots they chose to change the engine, thus entering into penalties. With a qualifying concluded around 17.00, it took about three and a half hours to be able to receive the official grid by the Federation. "I'll start seventh… or rather I think” – declared Max Verstappen in the post-qualifying session. It was therefore, for these reasons, revised and modified article 42.2 which explains how the starting grid is defined following penalties.
Penalty situation, the FIA explanation
Through a press release therefore, the FIA has established criteria to have (perhaps without enormous difficulty) the official starting grid in the event of a driver with a penalty. For those who will discount a maximum of fifteen boxes, their position obtained in qualifying will be temporary, as the positions to be served for the penalty will be added to this. In case of two or more riders in the same situation, the placement will be established according to their position in the standings. The trend will be: the slowest driver holding the temporary grid position and the driver who obtained a better position in qualifying temporarily ahead. Following this penalty, the drivers not involved in this decision will be moved up to occupy any position on the grid.
Penalties starting from the bottom, the decision of the FIA
Reverse speech for drivers who have more than 15 penalty positions, or who have been penalized with 'start at the back of the grid'. These pilots in fact they will start behind any other classified driver. Their relative position will be determined based on their position obtained in qualifying.
Suzuka case, analyzes are needed
Yesterday was a very important day, as there was also discussion of the crane topic.picture of Suzuki it is still there for all to see and there FIA, after this event, he said.
“The International Federation has revealed part of the conclusions reached by the analyzes carried out. Procedural problems have been identified which will be corrected in the short to medium term. The results will be made public in the coming days."
