The FIA has revised the regulation of Formula 1 to prevent a confused situation from the Australian Grand Prix to happen again.
Max Verstappen was surprised to see the Haas of Oliver Bearman coming out of the stands just in front of him during an intervention of the security car on the 41st round. Bearman had been authorized to split a few moments earlier, then returned to the stands, which pushed him behind the safety car.
This situation aroused concerns at Red Bull, because Verstappen was with a car in a turn between him and the McLaren heads. Red Bull wrongly thought that Bearman would stay there until the restart.
-In fact, Bearman was authorized to split again, which allowed Verstappen to resume the race without a car in a turn in front of him. The FIA has changed its regulations to prevent this situation from happening again, by authorizing the race director to close the entry of the stands when the pilots resume their turn during a security car intervention.
The updated regulation stipulates: “If the race director believes that this can be done safely, the message ‘Cars that are not in the same turn can now exceed’ will be sent to all competitors via the official messaging system, and the green light of the safety car will be on to report to all these cars that they must exceed the cars of the head lap and the safety car.”
“After going beyond the cars of the head lap and the safety car, these cars must then go around the track at an appropriate speed, without exceeding, and strive to position themselves at the back of the car of cars behind the safety car. While these cars go around the track to reach the line of cars behind the safety car, and at the only discretion of the race director, the outlet of the stands can be closed when the safety car can be closed when the safety car and The line of cars behind it approach and exceed the outlet of the lane of the stands. “
