‘You’ll be able to’t change the principles midway by’: Lance Stroll calls the controversial climax of Abu Dhabi Grand Prix ‘ridiculous’ and requires clearer rules for Components One
- Aston Martin’s Lance Stroll has known as for clearer rules subsequent season
- Stroll stated the controversial ending to the decisive Abu Dhabi GP was ‘ridiculous’
- ‘The foundations should be constant,’ stated Stroll, who was additionally a sufferer of the final lap
Lance Stroll has slammed the dealing with of final 12 months’s Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as ‘ridiculous’ and demanded that the rules are clearer to keep away from a repeat of the controversial finale this season.
Max Verstappen’s victory over Lewis Hamilton on the ultimate lap of the season offered a becoming ending to one of the memorable Components One seasons of all time.
However the nature of the Dutchman’s victory, coming after some vehicles had been allowed to unlap themselves earlier than the security automobile was introduced in and others weren’t, led to an enormous fall out throughout the sport.
Lance Stroll has known as for Components One’s rules to be set in stone to any extent further
Stroll described the ending to final season’s finale on the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix as ‘ridiculous’
And Stroll, who was denied the prospect to assault Daniel Riccardio and Mick Schumacher on contemporary rubber within the ultimate lap after pitting contemporary gentle tires, stated the game wanted to have far clearer guidelines to any extent further.
‘Abu Dhabi was not proper,’ Stroll instructed The Race.
‘Consistency in our sport isn’t our strongest level. The foundations are the principles and we won’t be altering or modifying guidelines for leisure.
‘The foundations are the principles, when there is a security automobile, lapped vehicles get to overhaul the security automobile after which we go racing. There’s nothing that claims half the vehicles can overtake and half the vehicles have to remain behind after which we’ll go racing.
‘My opinion is that it is ridiculous that we did not return racing the way in which that we must always have gone again.
‘You’ll be able to’t change the principles midway by, on the finish of a race, and inform half the vehicles they will overtake.’
Sebastian Vettel (L) agreed with Stroll that truthful racing, not pleasure, must be the precedence
Verstappen’s victory capped an enthralling F1 season however led to an enormous fallout within the sport
Stroll stated Components One wanted to be clearer and extra constant, and focus extra on staging a good race than an thrilling one.
‘It is simply by no means been completed earlier than and it is vital that we hold guidelines constant,’ he added.
‘I perceive it is nice to go racing and everybody desires to see the final lap of the race and the 2 drivers combating for the world championship go head-to-head with one lap to go however we won’t be making up guidelines on the finish of a race, that needs to be set in stone.
‘If there was perhaps an error the place vehicles did not cross quickly sufficient when the security automobile got here out or backmarkers weren’t allowed to cross the security automobile early sufficient and the consequence is we cannot get the entire lap of racing nicely, then that is how it’s.
‘That’s the rule, the principles should be constant. In Components 1 we have seen some inconsistency in penalties and resolution making and I believe this was perhaps a little bit bit an excessive amount of. It is vital that these issues are set in stone.’
4-time champion Sebastian Vettel, who’s Stroll’s Aston Martin team-mate, added: ‘The primary factor is that we give attention to the game and never a lot on the present. Final 12 months it was all the time going to be a fantastic ultimate or nice final race, as a result of there was one winner and one loser.
Lewis Hamilton missed out on a record-breaking eighth championship because of the rule change
‘Ideally, you could have two winners, however that is not how the game is designed, or any sport is designed, so it wasn’t going to work.
‘Clearly, I used to be within the race and questioning why we’re not launched earlier with the intention to get the race began once more, however I assume there is a protocol and guidelines.
‘The primary factor is that going forwards there’s readability [over] what’s occurring in these form of conditions and no questions requested anymore.’