Last weekend at Austin Sparks fly between the two contenders for the drivers’ championship; Norris and Verstappen. On lap 52, Max Verstappen defended his position from attack by Lando Norris. With this maneuver, the Dutch driver maintained the top of turn 12 and spent a little time under braking, leaving the English driver on the outside, with no choice but to leave the track. Lando Norris He took advantage of the situation and ended up overtaking off the track. The FIA The English driver was sanctioned with 5 seconds since the young driver from McLaren the position is not returned.
The standard of FIA Pilots and fans are asked this. This action sparked a debate related to the rules of defense and attack in the current Formula 1. The hearing to review the penalty will take place this Friday at 2:30 pm Mexico (22:30 in Spain), in conjunction with the racing weekend at Hermanos Rodríguez Autodrome. In this session, McLaren must convince the FIA that it has new, significant and relevant evidence that was not available at the time of the initial decision.
As reported by Motosport, any of the parties affected by a decision of the administrators, in addition to itself FIAyou can request the right to a review hearing. In this case, McLaren took the initiative. The commissioners of Austin They will again participate in the hearing via videoconference, which will be conducted in two parts. However, the second stage will only be carried out if the administrators conclude that there are sufficient reasons to reconsider the penalty.
It is too early to speculate, but if the trustees will overturn the penalty of Norris In the second part of the hearing on the right of the review, the results of the final classification of Austin between the two protagonists of the fight for the Formula 1 title in 2024. Andrea Stella Team Principal of McLaren, stated that he did not believe they could change the opinion of the commissioners: “The only evidence that we have used so far to evaluate our interpretation, which is at odds with the commissioners, is already available,” he continued Stella. “Thus, if the right of review is opened, “I don’t think it will be successful because new evidence is not needed, it is a matter of interpretation,” finished Andrea Stella.
Source: La Verdad
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