F1 drivers discuss concerning the penalty points circumstance and points required to be altered on the FIA Sporting Regulation after Kevin Magnussen’s ban.
After Haas’ Magnussen was handed a race ban for collecting 12 penalty points on F1 superlicense complying with the Italian GENERAL PRACTITIONER, the dispute around handing of charges kicked-off once more. It pertaining to penalty points for small offenses like track restrictions.
Although Magnussen had it coming after his protective driving in earlier component of the F1 period, the Dane’s penalty in Monza had not been called for according to him and his opponents as well. On a different subject, they rose to discuss concerning the penalty points as a whole.
And few of the F1 drivers forecast adjustments on the FIA Sporting Regulation in the future as they are going over concerning particular charges which they assume isn’t hazardous adequate to require a penalty factor on their superlicense.
Here’s what the F1 drivers claim–
Kevin Magnussen: “I have not seen what’s been stated yet it behaves if that holds true. My very own point of view is that it’s not a wonderful circumstance for F1 to limit auto racing because means. It really feels negative when the sport you enjoy a lot adjustments in such a way you do not value. I’m absolutely one that … I such as difficult auto racing and I assume that’s a huge component of the appeal of motorsport– the fights and [being] on the restriction and somewhat over. That equilibrium is what makes or damages your race and currently it seems like they’re penalizing ludicrous points. Personally, as a Formula 1 follower, I wish to see the sport open once more and simply enabling the terrific auto racing that can be seen on the right track. I have actually competed in In dyCar. I have actually viewed the races on tv, and I assume they have it [right] discussing there. They have great auto racing. The drivers are considerate to every various other. They’re entrusted that duty in their hands, and I assume that jobs.
“It has to be tough and these cars are put on track with the knowledge that they might get damaged. And, if they do, then the driver that damages his car, he gets penalised naturally. And I think the only thing that is different in Formula 1 to IndyCar are the tracks. The tracks are not great for racing. With all this track-limit stuff, I got all my penalty points pretty much for track limits at the end of the day. I think that’s kind of stupid to be a few centimetres out of a wide line and end up with a race ban because of that. It’s not the sport I love. I can feel the FIA kind of seeing… I feel like they know it’s not the right way at the moment. Hopefully they will open up and realise that they need to trust the drivers. Of course there are things that you have to clamp down on. There are things like moving under braking and reacting to movement. There are dangerous things that you should clamp down on. But apart from the little things, just let it go.”
Nico Hulkenberg: “Obviously, there’s a background of just how that occurred and he built up all those penalty points yet if you look simply separated at the Monza case, I assume, that’s auto racing. I indicate, it’s rather simple, by the book auto racing. I do not see 2 penalty points for that, or that 10-second penalty also– that’s really severe. That’s my point of view, yet a lot of drivers really feel similarly concerning that. I had a situation with Fernando in Austria, in the sprint race, where I sort of attempted to make an action subsequently 3, and secured and went a little bit large, and he needed to go off the track. But, I indicate, that’s auto racing; to surpass we need to leave the convenience area and take some threat and after that that sort of takes place in some cases.
“In my case with Fernando, and also with [Magnussen and] Pierre, both drivers said: ‘It’s nothing’ so it seems that whenever there is a little bit of contact, the stewards want to get involved, they want to have a consequence for it. The drivers feel that it isn’t really necessary for every contact, so maybe the penalty guidelines need to be reviewed and changed because we need to be able to race and it is just difficult otherwise. It will be boring and dull as we can’t race anymore — we’ll just get penalized all the time. But I am sure it will come up in the drivers’ meeting, and there will be talks with [race director] Niels Wittich.”
Alexander Albon: “The entire system is going to obtain rephrased, and there’s various other points also. With website traffic and pit access, when is the chauffeur at fault, when is the group at fault. Sometimes drivers obtain points for group issues. We’ll undergo, it I make sure. Some of it will certainly be resolved for following year. I do not assume any individual’s an actual follower of it. Punishment in the race itself need to be what’s done. If I recall at the cases which Kevin developed in a number of races, those races he need to have been punished far more than he was. That established a criterion and he maintained duplicating them. It’s obtained a bit untidy. There’s been a pair that have actually threatened, yet several of them have actually not been.
“So it seems a little bit odd. It even seems odd that it resets straight after your one-race ban and then you are on a clean slate again. So I don’t quite understand it. We have spoken about it in drivers’ briefings. Everyone’s under an understanding that we’ve just got to shuffle the system around a little bit. It needs to be a little more forgiving around what constitutes penalty points. If it’s done right it can be OK to have. I think the whole system is going to get reworded. Some of it will be addressed for next year.”
George Russell: “It’s a conversation that’s been had a number of times in previous years as drivers have sailed close to the wind. No one’s been banned in 12 years, so you could argue, were the penalty points actually harsh enough? You could argue his penalty points from Monza seemed a little bit harsh, but you could also argue, some of the other incidents, [the penalties] perhaps were not harsh enough. So yeah, I think also we need to set a bit of a precedent for the junior series. They look up to us in F4, F3, F2 and you shouldn’t be allowed to get away with dangerous or erratic driving and at some point you do need to be punished for it.”
Yuki Tsunoda: “I was in that situation, I almost got banned two years ago. If I understood correctly, the penalty points didn’t seem to change from once they introduced the maximum points they can reach. It feels like that penalty points should get a little bit more compliant, I guess – it seems still kind of strict for 24 races, but at the same time, they had to do it [ban Magnussen] I guess. If the track limits get penalty points, that’s too much then. You get enough penalty in the race in race results. I don’t think it’s necessary to put it the penalty points, but collision like now, I guess it’s good to have, but case by case, for sure. But also, it seems to look case by case anyway, because some of the cases that they put to the driver one point instead of two, it depends on the situation.”
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