F2 and F3 regulations updated with gender-neutral language, new red flag rules
F2 and F3 regulations updated with gender-neutral language, new red flag rules
The regulation changes also include a rule preventing double-stacking in pit boxes, a higher entry fee for teams and the addition of overnight curfews for teams’ operational personnel.
In other changes for 2024, drivers who cause a red flag in qualifying could now lose their fastest lap time. According to the tweaked article 33.5, a driver deemed to be the “sole cause” of a red flag cannot continue in qualifying, “and their fastest lap time during the session may be deleted.”
In other changes for 2024, drivers who cause a red flag in qualifying could now lose their fastest lap time. According to the tweaked article 33.5, a driver deemed to be the “sole cause” of a red flag cannot continue in qualifying, “and their fastest lap time during the session may be deleted.”
That's an awesome change on paper, although it might be debated on who is the "sole cause"
Like, it can be a technical issue leading to a spin and a heavy crash or a driver error leading to the same. I would argue it would be unfair in the former and fair in the latter.
If this debate is ever solved, it would be nice to see this kind of chance implemented in F1
I'd argue it shouldn't matter what the cause is. It's a little far fetched, but I could imagine teams organizing mechanical failures to gain an unfair advantage. All it would take is to tell the driver the wrong gearbox mode to cause a spin, Monaco style. As written it would suck to have an honest car failure and then lose extra grid places, but I think those kind of incidents will be pretty equally spread among the field.
it might be debated on who is the “sole cause”
Yes, the stewards will debate this.
There isn't a debate though.
Adding that extra "technical issue excluded" Clause. is just extra complication that undermines the entire rule.
I'm sick of these subjective expressions in the rules. They are reasons why some drivers seemingly get harsher penalties than others, and nobody can clearly explain why.
That's exactly what I was thinking too. It's a high, but subjective, threshold.
I'm glad they're seeing how this type of rule works in the feeder series before trying in F1.
This change removes ambiguity from the regulations as well as the incorrect implication that only men could compete in and officiate races
Good