Steiner says the FIA's decisions about his cars' damaged endplates are 'getting old' after getting a black-and-orange flag for the third time. 'We need to have people who understand how these cars are built. We are not in the eighties anymore.'
He was obliged to pit for a new nose, with the unscheduled stop in effect putting the Dane out of contention for points.
After the second instance, the team tried to demonstrate to members of the FIA technical department that a loose endplate would still be retained and was thus not a hazard, hoping that the message would get to the race directors in case there was another instance. "It is frustrating because it was perfectly safe to continue," he said when asked about the Singapore example."It was one of those things, and if it is the first time, you say, you don't know.
"And I think they just didn't learn anything off it, and then again gave us the black-and-orange flag. It's now the third time, and it's getting old.
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