Haas F1 Team protested results following the FIA’s decision before the final restart of the Australian Grand Prix. Haas F1 Team appeared to benefit the most from the upset as Hulkenberg moved into fourth place following the leaders crashed out in the first few corners at the second red-flag restart.
A third red flag was shown and the FIA chose to restart. However, this time it was behind the safety car, with the cars lapped just to take the checkered flag. However, the FIA’s decision to revert to the running order of the previous restart caused Hulkenberg’s dissatisfaction by dropping him back to seventh. Also, rivals who had problems at the restart, including Fernando Alonso, Lance Stroll and Sergio Perez, were all allowed to return to their original positions. Haas has not commented on the reason for the protest, but it is almost certain that it has something to do with the decision to restart at the expense of Hulkenberg. In a very close race in the midfield, points lost due to positions down might have a detrimental impact on the Constructors’ Championship standings at the end of the season. The classification of positions when a race is interrupted is defined in the F1 racing rules. Article 57, paragraph 3 of the regulations stipulates that if the race is suspended, the ranking will be determined from the last official points for ranking. “In all cases the order will be determined by the last point at which it was possible to determine the positions of all cars. All such cars will be allowed to resume the sprint session or race.”Specific It is not specified how this is determined, but in cases like what happened in Australia (many cars failed to pass the first timing sector), other than rewinding to the original starting position. would have no choice. This happened at last year’s Formula 1 British Grand Prix, where he stopped following Guan Yu Zhou’s spectacular crash on the opening lap and restarted in his original grid position.
