{"id":295859,"date":"2023-11-21T20:09:41","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T20:09:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295859"},"modified":"2023-11-21T20:09:41","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T20:09:41","slug":"martin-brundle-demands-f1-rule-change-after-las-vegas-drama-leaves-ferrari-angry","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/racing\/f1\/martin-brundle-demands-f1-rule-change-after-las-vegas-drama-leaves-ferrari-angry\/","title":{"rendered":"Martin Brundle demands F1 rule change after Las Vegas drama leaves Ferrari angry"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Sky Sports reporter Martin Brundle has called on Formula One’s governing body the FIA to make a change to their rules after Ferrari driver Carlos Sainz was deemed to have been given an unfair penalty at the Las Vegas Grand Prix. Sainz was handed a 10-place grid penalty after the team were forced to fix damage caused by a loose drain cover on the track.<\/p>\n

Sainz hit out at what he described as \u201cone of the most unfair penalties I have ever seen\u201d and stewards were allegedly searching the rulebook for a way not to punish the team, but came up empty. The regulations state that if a team replaces a car\u2019s energy store using a new component then they must incur a penalty.<\/p>\n

However, as Ferrari were forced into the change through no fault of their own the overwhelming opinion was that they should be spared. The team\u2019s request was denied, as Brundle was one of many who felt that the rules should be rewritten \u201cin the name of common sense\u201d to avoid a repeat of this incident.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Ferraris looked on the pace throughout, and, just as in Monza, their low-downforce high top-speed aero package was working well,\u201d Brundle wrote in his Sky Sports column. \u201cCarlos Sainz’s car had been wrecked by the errant access cover in first practice in a pretty scary way, and he needed many new parts including a battery pack which would hand him a 10-place grid penalty.<\/p>\n

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\u201cHe was controlled but clearly beyond angry, as were his team who thought the penalty unfair in the circumstances. They also wanted to know who was going to pay for the damage.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ferrari team principal Frederic Vasseur also described the decision as \u201cunacceptable\u201d as they were forced into an unexpected expense. Sainz also started the Grand Prix from 12th, despite qualifying in second place – behind Charles Leclerc but crucially ahead of Max Verstappen, and Brundle wants the rules to be altered.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are hundreds of pages of rules in the International Sporting Code and the specific F1 Sporting and Technical regulations, but nothing which can allow the Stewards to legally turn a blind eye if something just doesn’t seem fair,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n