Crimson Bull sporting director Jonathan Wheatley says “consistency” have to be the watchword for the end result of the FIA’s investigation into Abu Dhabi.
An FIA examine is happening into the controversial occasions within the closing levels of the 2021 season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix that culminated in Crimson Bull’s Max Verstappen snatching the Drivers’ World Championship from Lewis Hamilton’s grasp.
Central to the inquiries is the function of race director Michael Masi, who appeared to independently override the sporting rules to arrange a last-lap showdown by waving via the lapped vehicles on the street in between chief Hamilton and second-placed Verstappen as a Security Automotive interval was about to finish.
On more energizing tyres and positioned proper behind his rival when the race resumed, Verstappen was capable of execute a transfer that introduced him the race win and the title.
With the Mercedes workforce apoplectic about what had unfolded, accompanied by a backlash from followers in regards to the unsatisfactory ending, the FIA ordered an investigation.
The findings will likely be offered on the F1 Fee assembly on February 14 and accredited for public consumption on the World Motor Sport Council assembly on March 18 in Bahrain, below the authority of the brand new FIA President, Mohammed Ben Sulayem.
Crimson Bull, after all, got here out on the beneficial aspect of the contentious selections at Yas Marina, however their sporting director Wheatley has referred to as for larger consistency to be the consequence of the examine.
“It’s actually essential the FIA do their investigation, work with the groups on that investigation and all of us observe regardless of the final result of that investigation is,” mentioned Wheatley throughout an interview on The Jack Threlfall Present.
“If we glance broad brush at race path and the very troublesome function the race director and the stewards have – and it’s troublesome – and we discuss in regards to the consistency of stewards’ selections, consistency throughout the board…after all we might all find it irresistible to be very clear.”
“We’ve had this nice over-arching philosophy of ‘allow them to race’. However then you may have the black and white of the rules, which is commonly very prescribed when it comes to what penalty, or there isn’t a wriggle room in it in any respect,” added Wheatley.
“I believe these are the areas of the game that want to come back from the very prime. The World Motor Sport Council must say ‘listed here are the rules by which we’re going racing’ after which it’s as much as the FIA and the groups to work collectively to make sure a constant set of sporting rules.”
FIA wants to point out that it has taken motion
Zak Brown believes that the FIA should present the motion they’ve taken after Abu Dhabi.