FIA aclara: pilotos deben esperar una curva

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Importante dadas las condiciones de Monza

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FIA clarifies chicane-cutting position

By Jonathan Noble Friday, September 12th 2008, 16:29 GMT

Formula One drivers have been told that they should wait at least one corner before resuming a fight for position in the event of future chicane-cutting incidents.

In the wake of the Lewis Hamilton controversy from Belgium, F1 drivers sought clarification on what was and was not allowed during their regular Friday evening briefing with F1 race director Charlie Whiting.

Autosport.com understands the drivers were informed that in the event of a driver cutting a chicane and gaining a position, he not only had to give that place back but should also wait for another corner before he could attempt to retake it.

Waiting until after the following corner would ensure there were no questions of a driver having gained an advantage.

At Spa, Hamilton gave back the lead he gained from Raikkonen when he cut the final chicane, but then retook first position almost immediately under braking for La Source.

The race stewards deemed that Hamilton had gained an advantage in that move, so gave him with a 25-second penalty that stripped him of victory and moved him down to third. His McLaren team have appealed against that decision.

Red Bull Racing's Mark Webber welcomed the clarification on the situation, which should minimize the chances of repeat problems in Sunday's Italian Grand Prix.

"We are still trying to find a solution for the second chicane here, because we still think there is a way to roll through there," Webber told autosport.com. "But generally, it is pretty clear for people to probably not attack immediately again, which wasn't mega, mega clear in the past."

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Más claro ni el agua

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Spagnolo per tutti i tifosi...

Ta bueno esto... que se hicieron los chocodefensores????


El Director de Carrera de al FIA, Charlie Whiting, ha clarificado a pilotos y equipos en Monza las reglas que marcan los adelantamientos.

Tras la polémica suscitada hace una semana en Spa, donde Lewis Hamilton consiguió la victoria tras adelantar a Kimi Raikkonen después de haber cortado la chicane, la FIA ha querido aclarar la situación.

En la habitual reunión previa a todas las carreras que mantienen los pilotos, Whiting les explicó ayer a todos las normas seguir. Si un piloto negocia de forma irregular una curva y gana una posición por ello, debe ceder la posición y esperar a que se pase la siguiente curva antes de intentar atacar de nuevo al rival..


El piloto de Red Bull Mark Webber comentaba después de la reunión: "En general, está bastante claro para aquellos que hasta ahora no lo tenían."

Se quiso dejar claro que Whiting lo único que hizo fue una aclaración de una norma existente y en ningún caso un cambio en la reglamentación.

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todos claro, mas mejor asi, menos controversia

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En cuanto al reclamo de McLaren de que race control dio el OK dos veces, según Mosley:

"I think there were two mistakes made there," said Mosley about the exchange between McLaren and Whiting. "One is that McLaren should not have asked Charlie. The second is that he should not have answered.

"Charlie is in one of the most high-pressured situations and in that situation the teams should not answer him and he should not answer them because he is not in a position to give even the beginnings of a considered opinion. So there were two mistakes made.

"But the primary mistake in my view was the team's. The team should have decided on precedent, and from everything they know, what advice to give him (Hamilton). I'm not going to express an opinion but the correct procedure was for the team to decide what to tell their driver. Charlie's responsibility is to see that nobody gets killed.

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