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Formula 1 shredded over 'ridiculous' farce - CtrlF.XYZ

Formula 1 shredded over 'ridiculous' farce

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Red Bull brag Christian Horner has admitted Formula 1 made a "mistake" with the wording of the regularisation that confirmed Max Verstappen's 2nd consecutive satellite title.

The Dutchman was awarded afloat points for his Japanese Grand Prix victory, contempt lone completing 28 of the scheduled 53 laps earlier the 3 hr clip bounds expired. The contention was halted for 2 hours owed to torrential rain.

In farcical scenes, the teams, including Verstappen's Red Bull outfit, had expected three-quarter points to beryllium awarded nether a regularisation that came into cognition pursuing the abandonment of the 2021 Belgian Grand Prix. That would person near Verstappen 1 constituent abbreviated of clinching the title.

It was mostly thought that 75 per cent of laps needed to beryllium completed for afloat points to beryllium awarded.

But the sport's governing body, the FIA, ruled that reduced points lone applied if the suspended contention was not restarted.

"I deliberation it's a mistake," Horner said aft the race.

"I deliberation it's a mistake that wasn't included aft the issues successful Spa past year, that the regulations evidently haven't been mopped up.

"We were nether the beardown content that lone with 75 per cent of the race, afloat points volition beryllium scored. So we felt we were going to beryllium 1 constituent short."

One unintended effect of the caller regularisation would beryllium that afloat points could person been awarded astatine the Japanese Grand Prix adjacent if the hold had been longer than 2 hours, meaning conscionable a fistful of laps would person been completed.

But McLaren brag Andreas Seidl said the teams person to instrumentality immoderate work for not having spotted the anomaly successful the rules erstwhile they were primitively drafted.

"In the end, however the points were awarded contiguous wasn't what we each had successful mind," helium said. "That wasn't the volition from the FIA and the squad side.

"But successful the end, it seems similar we each overlooked this loophole, and truthful we are each liable for that. It means we indispensable effort to bash unneurotic a amended occupation adjacent time."

Formula 1 dodged a slug successful this instance, arsenic adjacent if three-quarter points had been awarded lone a occurrence would person stopped Verstappen clinching the title astatine 1 of the 4 remaining races.

Had this been the past contention of the play however, a title decision arsenic arguable arsenic past twelvemonth would person been the past happening the athletics needed.

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