FIA Whiting: the limits of a zero-tolerance track will "lessen" F1 – F1

FIA Director Charlie Whiting said the brake before the last corner in Abu Dhabi eliminated the need for "zero tolerance" penalties, which he said "lowered" Formula One.

Although there was some controversy about the size of the kerb and how it collapsed, the drivers generally admitted that he was doing his job.

Whiting stated that it was a good example of using a sidewalk to prevent drivers from gaining and gaining advantage over a wide, thereby eliminating the need to evaluate regularly penalties.

"I'm not one to say every time [a driver] pbades over the white line, they should be penalized, "he explained at the request of Autosport.

"It's zero tolerance. Because, as I have probably said many times, leaving the track is not a penalty. To gain an advantage when leaving the track is.

"We want to try to make sure that every time a driver leaves the track, he wins nothing, and preferably he loses time doing it.

"I think on this basis, the limitation between turns 20 and 21 worked very well, I'm pretty sure you can ask any driver if he can win something by going on that sidewalk," he said. No. "It's exactly the kind of thing I think we should have.

"Generally, we want to make sure that the track respects the limits and that we do not have to call in commissioners or judges who report the facts every time a car pbades over the line.

"It's something that's terribly tedious and I think it lowers the sport."

Whiting said that it was not easy to introduce similar curves on all circuits.

"It's not always easy to implement these things on circuits where there are motorcycle races, and that's why this limitation, exceptionally, is permanent," he said. declared.

"Normally, we have to ask them to take temporary measures for the bike race, these are the kinds of problems we have to face on many different circuits.

"In Barcelona, ​​there are four corners with sidewalks like this, but they all have to qualify for MotoGP.

"It takes a lot of work on the circuits to go from one specification to another, and it is very difficult to find a solution that works for both, but we did it with the double sidewalk.

"They're pretty tough for cars, so motorcycles are happy with it, so we have something that circuits should not change."