How much criticism is the FIA taking for the issue of red flags. For how and when and why did they get this out in Australia. In Albert Park. On a track, and in a race, marked by up to three standing starts. For two accidents that made everything stop… and for a third chaotic restart that led to touches, blows, sanctions and others that are still more than present.
First it was Fernando Alonso, always talkative, who did not understand the reason why the penultimate red flag was brought out. Magnussen’s. The one that had, according to his opinion, little sense due to security issues.
Then others joined Max Verstappen and the Mercedes team. And now it has been Lando Norris, young but already experienced, who has put this protocol on trial. Who has requested a change to avoid certain situations.
“It’s not fair to a lot of drivers. They do a good job, another touches them… and goodbye to his career. I don’t like these restarts,” he says.
And he is clear about it: “You can have a very good race, but someone has a aggressive or silly behavior and end it all”:
“A move out would be better, but I doubt that it will change anything,” he says in words that include in ‘Motorsport’.
The truth is that the FIA, as the races progress, is qualifying in terms of the regulations. From the latest to review, what is and what is not working on the car in a ‘stop & go’. Everything, because of what happened with Fernando Alonso in Jeddah.
