2023-11-25 08:01:39
The race management decided to react in Abu Dhabi, the day following a second free practice session marked by several overruns. Max Verstappen in the tunnel serving as an exit from the stands.
After the second red flag waved in FP2 at Yas Marina, the driver Red Bull doubled both Mercedes of George Russell et Lewis Hamiltonthen the Alpine of Pierre Gasly, following the pit exit line while everyone was slowing down to try to create a gap on the track with competitors in front of them. This maneuver by the Dutchman was not prohibited by the regulations, but the fact that it happened in an area with a wall nearby prompted the FIA to take exceptional measures.
In an update to his notes to competitors, race director Niels Wittich said such action was now prohibited in Abu Dhabi. A notice which is added following that reminding that pilots do not have the right to fly in a manner “abnormally slow” nor to stop on the fast lane of the pitlane. “Overtaking is prohibited on the pit exit lane unless a car slows down due to an obvious problem”we can now read.
Friday, Max Verstappen assumed his attitude following free practiceexplaining that he judged “a bit ridiculous” the way other drivers slowed down when exiting the pits.
“They have to move.”he pleaded. “They’re all driving slowly, and I want to get out because we’re limited on time, but they keep driving right in the middle. And then when I tried to pass, they tried to pin me once morest the wall. is a bit ridiculous.”
The problem of exiting the pits has become recurrent in qualifying since the FIA established a minimum time to be respected to avoid traffic in the last sector. The solution displays its limits from one circuit to another and the instances try to adapt. At Interlagos, the race management maintained the authorization to overtake in the pit exit lane, but some drivers considered certain situations dangerous.
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