F1 clarifies safety car rules after Abu Dhabi controversies
Previously the rule read any car can be waved past the leader under safety car conditions during a race.
Previously the rule read any car can be waved past the leader under safety car conditions during a race.
The complicated technology, which generates electrical power from exhaust heat, has proven to be expensive and complex since it formed part of the new turbo hybrid rules that were introduced in 2014.
The high-speed characteristics of the Jeddah circuit, with blind apexes and a narrow run to the final corner, means drivers on flat-out laps only get to see slower cars ahead of them at the very last moment.
Following Formula 1’s move to reveal the forward-facing camera footage from Verstappen’s car on Tuesday, which stewards didn’t have access to when deciding not to investigate the Red Bull driver appearing to edge his Mercedes rival Hamilton off the Interlagos track during their battle for the lead at Turn 4, Mercedes requested a right to review.
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