FIA security automotive controversy “every part Abu Dhabi ought to have been”

Max Verstappen’s Italian Grand Prix victory was overshadowed within the aftermath by a debate over the FIA’s operational acumen after the race completed behind the security automotive.

Criticism was levelled at F1’s governing physique over the ending, with Ferrari group principal Mattia Binotto suggesting the game deserved higher.

The GPFans group convened for the Stewards’ Room Podcast to debate the difficulty, from the timing of the security automotive, as to whether a purple flag ought to have been thrown and people Abu Dhabi flashbacks. Learn their feedback beneath.

Ian Parkes – Editor-in-Chief

“What the FIA needed to do was to get the race restarted as rapidly as doable.

“So if they’d waited to choose up Verstappen, it could have price them one other lap. So that they determined to get the security automotive out which meant it picked up Russell and never Verstappen.

“The one draw back was when Russell was lastly launched [from behind the safety car].

“So on this occasion, what unfolded at Monza was every part Abu Dhabi ought to have been however wasn’t.

“Why there was a lot controversy is as a result of there’s this unwritten rule inside F1 that they do not wish to end a race beneath safety-car circumstances, they wish to end it beneath racing circumstances, which is why Michael Masi final yr received issues improper.

“As a result of a lot was on the road, he determined to permit the final lap.

“[Monza] was precisely the way it ought to have been. The FIA did not do something improper in any respect, regardless of the criticism from Mattia Binotto and Christian Horner.”

Sam Corridor – Deputy Editor

“If I evaluate it to soccer, folks complain when a foul is a foul wherever on the pitch, however within the penalty space, it isn’t a foul.

“For me, going yellow flag on the security automotive ought to be the identical at any time within the race. It should not be a purple flag simply because there are 5 laps left and ‘Oh no, somebody goes to win behind the security automotive’.

“The spectacle is essential, sure, however F1 followers have been spoilt in recent times with numerous actually good races.

“You’ve got to have these moments the place you do not get the implausible end or the thrilling finish all of us need, to make these different moments particular.”

Ewan Gale – F1 Author

“I feel labelling the race controversial is disingenuous as a result of the foundations have been adopted to the letter of the regulation. It was completely adopted by the FIA, there was nothing extra they might do.

“On this scenario, the race ought to have completed behind the security automotive. There wasn’t a necessity for a purple flag as a result of there was no particles throughout the monitor, it was simply that the automotive had stopped.

“The issue comes from the actual fact they solely wanted one other lap to get racing.

“If you return to the beginning of the security automotive interval and also you consider the 90 seconds or in order that they did not name a security automotive, that’s once you begin to suppose possibly one thing else might have been finished.

“From a totally regulatory standpoint, there was nothing the FIA might have finished, they adopted the foundations accurately.

“Simply because there was wrongdoing final yr, it doesn’t suggest you do it improper once more. You’ve got to do the precise factor.”

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