After the controversial end of the World Cup in 2021, the FIA restructured the Race Direction of the Formula 1. Michael Masi left to make way for a duo of directors, but the controversies did not stop: Alonso’s rear-view mirror, the crane in Japan… and now the statements of Guenther Steiner.
The team boss Haas He stated in statements to ‘Motorsport’ that the Americans were “damaged” by the decisions of the Race Direction, especially with the black and orange flags (obligation to stop in the pits to repair some damaged and dangerous part for others) that they showed until three times this season Kevin Magnussen when he was in the points zone.
“In my opinion, there is still a lot of work to be done, it is not that everything is solved already. I think that in Race Direction there is a lot of room for improvementSteiner commented.
Those three times that the Haas team was harmed contrasts with the incident with Fernando Alonso’s rear-view mirror in Austin, action for which the black and orange flag was not displayed. For this reason, Haas protested and a sanction was imposed on the Asturian that was later revoked.
Steiner explained why they went to protest: “The black and orange flag affected us a lot and it didn’t make sense. We were penalized and then they changed the rules, no one else was harmed by it. We protested in Austin on principle, your system is not right. The rules weren’t the same for everyone. In addition, the way in which they managed it in Race Direction was not good.”
