George Russell says the FIA will alter its System 1 driving requirements tips for 2025 after assembly with drivers.
The change follows issues expressed by a number of drivers over the stewards’ dealing with of some incidents this 12 months, notably Lando Norris’s penalty for overtaking Max Verstappen off the observe in Austin, after he was pressured broad by the Purple Bull driver.
For the reason that begin of the 2022 season, stewards have relied on a set of ‘driving requirements tips’ to assist them assess racing incidents, offering a common framework for his or her choices. Verstappen specifically has been criticised for his so-called ‘divebomb’ defence which depends on him being forward of rivals on the apex of corners to disclaim having to depart area for them at nook exit.
After F1 drivers met with FIA stewards, Russell, a director of the Grand Prix Drivers Affiliation, mentioned new updates for 2025 will embody a revision to outlaw ‘divebomb’ defending.
“I don’t assume lots wanted to be modified,” Russell informed the official F1 web site. “I believe there was possibly the odd sentence that wanted to be gotten rid of. Similar to if you happen to had been overtaking on the within, it’s essential go away a automobile’s width apex-to-exit, therefore why I obtained the penalty in Austin.
“There wasn’t essentially something within the tips about Max’s manoeuvre: If you happen to divebomb and go off the observe, that’s successfully uncontrolled. So everyone’s in settlement with [changing] these items.
“It’s not like turning the factor the other way up and rewriting the entire rulebook. I believe simply the odd factor wanted to be modified and I believe that’s been optimistic.”
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The GPDA printed an open letter to the governing physique earlier this month calling for extra transparency from the organisation and its president, Mohammed ben Sulayem. Within the weeks following, the FIA modified F1’s race director and likewise dropped common steward Tim Mayer.
“Clearly, within the meantime, another person has simply been sacked,” Russell mentioned. “So simply once we’re asking for a little bit of transparency and consistency, there’s no transparency and there’s no consistency. So let’s see who the subsequent one is.”
Russell’s staff mate Lewis Hamilton was happy with the discussions. “The assembly was actually, actually productive with the stewards,” he mentioned. “It’s the primary time we’ve actually sat down and actually had an actual clear, open dialogue with the stewards who’ve such a troublesome job to do over the weekend.
“Each overtake and each state of affairs is so totally different to the others. There’s nothing that’s going to alter for these subsequent two races. However for subsequent 12 months we’re engaged on the method. We welcome having extra conversations with them shifting forwards as a result of we need to assist them do a greater job, they usually welcomed that.”
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