Does F1 have an issue with Race Control Guidance after the Westapane/Russell event?

The dust is frozen – at least on the track – and Max Verustapane Has accepted its collision with George Russell Spanish Grand Prix in Formula 1 was “not right”. But the FIA ​​remains a question on the conversation of the red bull with the Race Control, which has a great impact on the trigger point for the event.

After the resettlement of the security car, Verustapane was suffering from the fact that the team had put him on the unfit C1 hard-compound tire, and he felt that he was killed Charles Lakeler And then closed the track by Russell. Since the FIA’s signaling system indicated that Verustae was ‘subject to’ investigation to leave the track and get an advantage, was taken to Escape Road and joined Russell again, Red Bull instructed him to give back the situation.

This sequence of events, Vastapane admitted in a social media post, “Promoted my disappointment, taking a step that was not right and it should not have happened”.

Immediately later, the Principal of the Red Bull Team Christian Horner complained that there was no response from the race control when the team said Vastapane should accept the position of the track. Compiring, he claimed, it was left to his own equipment to call.

“You have asked the referee to guide the FIA,” he said. “Essentially, nothing has returned there.

“You can see that it has been reported. It is going to the steovers. It was looking for all intentions and objectives that it was going to be a punishment, so Max was instructed to return that place.”

In fact, the official document, which outlines the argument of the stewers for handing over a penalty to Verustapen for the turn 5 collision, made it clear to hand over the Verustapen to a punishment (10 seconds and three-point support) to the Verustapane that they would not take action against Russell to join him again. Another document, giving details of the events on Turn 1, where Russell dives from inside to pass the Vastapane, said that Mercedes The driver briefly lost that the corner was far ahead to be ‘right’ in the corner, and it was the one that caused the Verustapane to become off-track.

Horner was asked during his post-respective briefing whether, whether the team had made a mistake to Verustapen to give Vestapen a place, given that the final discovery of Steward on his departure from the track to his departure was ‘no more action’.

This is a classic example of a historian’s decline, in which the decision is analyzed based on the current knowledge of the result rather than being known about the time, but repeats the hornaner’s response.

He said, “Yes, but I think it would be good, as a referee, as a race director, either ‘play on’ or ‘you need to give it back’,” he said.

“This is very difficult for the team, themally, to try and make that call, because you are going to historical examples. You are seeing what is in front of you and you are trying to do e-khali what the stoles and the directors of the race are thinking.”

The most recent moment of the example being investigated to include Verstpen and get benefits was in the first lap of Saudi Arabia GP this year. But there was no contact in that race and Verustapen was designed to get away from herself, achieving the track position in doing so.

“I think it would be beneficial for teams, in that example,” Horner continued, “to make that call for the race director and ‘you either give it back or get a penalty’, instead to try what Steward is going to think.

“I used to get some guidance, but now it is very subjective for the team to call it.

“So we looked at all slow and it was actually 50-50. Is George under the control of the car? Will he have made a corner? It seemed that he would have made a corner. So you call to say this, see, we need to give this place.

“I think if I would be great, as I say, if the race director takes responsibility in that situation and either effectively ‘plays’ or ‘you have taken advantage, you need to leave the benefit’.

“So that the team gives an option. But the other is trying to guess what the stewards can think or not, it is difficult to blood.”

Save The team’s principal Jonathan Wheatley took a different view – and it is interesting because he was not only a Red Bull Sporting Director till last year, so he has a huge experience of being a ‘point man’ with the race authorities, but one of his own drivers was examined to leave the track and get an advantage.

Nico Hulkenburg The opening lap went from 16th to 11th position and attracted attention, then was passing Fernando AlonsoAston Martin for 10th was implemented on the sixth road on the road on the checked flag (fifth once Verustapane’s fine was implemented). In fact, he had just launched a good, getting three places before Turn 1, then was in the process of passing. Liam Lawson‘S Racing bulls When he was closed, the car was closed around the outside.

Thus he can make a claim to be entitled to 12th, then can get another net position Alex albon‘S Williams Slow with a damaged front wing.

Wheatley said, “The teams have the option to read and do it (to hand over the drivers back to themselves).”

“We had a really good look what happened 1 (with Hulcanburg). If we were in any doubt, we would have handled the situation differently, but we were very confident where we were.

“So look, I think I have gone on record before saying that I think the stevarding has come forward recently. I think the FIA ​​is doing a really good job with him.

“But this is a task in progress, you know. I still don’t think I have seen two overtaking exercises that are the same.

“I have taken a lot of time, in 19 years I was a sports director and was working with an FIA, to actually try to understand the pressures he had in the race control.

“Take a mile in their shoes as well. It is not always the only event that they have to see. Sometimes there is a lot, especially after the first lap.

“I don’t know what Christians wanted to talk about.

“But as I say, I have spent a long time trying to understand the pressures in the race control and trying to understand if I am going to get any answer or not.”