The FIA is considering a change to F1's red flag restart procedures that could be introduced as early as Saturday's sprint event in Baku 👀 The change comes after the multiple restart incidents in Melbourne ⬇️
The change is intended to give drivers a better chance of getting heat into their tyres in an attempt to avoid the sort of chaos that was seen after restarts at the last race in Australia.struggled to get their tyres up to temperatureThe topic was discussed at length at Friday evening's drivers' briefing, given the obvious concerns about a repeat in Baku, a track well-known for red flag stoppages.
The problem is that the FIA cannot change its own sporting regulations in the course of a race weekend., a way has been found to address the tyre temperature issue within the current regulations. For a resumption, the rules say:"The sprint session or the race will be resumed behind the safety car when the green lights are illuminated, and the safety car leaves the pit lane. Drivers must follow the safety car no more than ten car lengths apart."
Alonso suggested that the safety car leaves 30 seconds early and that the race leader then leads the field out onto the track and sets the pace, in effect creating a gap that gives everyone more freedom to warm up their tyres rather than having the pace dictated.
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