“We had a situation in Baku where objectively a car was allowed to run with damage that really a car should not be running with,” said Tombazis. The team brought Tsunoda into the pits, only to repair the car by taping the wing up so it would not come loose before sending the AT03 car back out. Tombazis explained this dated back to the Azerbaijan Grand Prix in June, when the black and orange flag was shown to AlphaTauri driver Tsunoda after the DRS flap on his rear wing failed. “Our assessment was, having analysed the situation, that we overreacted a bit.” We already saw one or two cars after that that were not shown the black and orange flag,” said Tombazis. “We revised our criteria on the black and orange flag from Mexico onwards.
The FIA is set to reduce its use of the black and orange flag moving forward as a result, with its technical chief, Tombazis, accepting there had been an overreaction. That prompted Haas to launch a protest against Fernando Alonso’s car in Austin, which raced with a loose rear view mirror that eventually fell off due to accident damage. Permane said that FIA technical chiefs Jo Bauer and Nikolas Tombazis had specifically said that a black and orange flag would no longer be used for a missing wing mirror, something he said was “sensible place.”Īutosport reported last week that the FIA is set to reduce the amount it uses the black and orange flag in races, placing the onus on teams to ensure their cars are running in a safe manner.Haas drivers were told to pit on three occasions in 2022 due to loose front wing endplates, despite the team feeling the car was still safe and not posing any risk. “Hopefully there'll be better racing because of it.” I’m sure at the Technical Advisory Committee and the Sporting Advisory Committee, those levels will discuss it more, but a little bit of line in the sand has been drawn. Photo by: Carl Bingham / Motorsport Images “I think from here onwards, small damages like a mirror, like front-wing endplate, if it's non-structural, like a brake duct, something like that, will not be considered to be a black and orange flag offence.įernando Alonso, Alpine A522, collides with Lance Stroll, Aston Martin AMR22
And then that drive Fernando did, he should have kept that seventh place.
“I don't think anyone, maybe apart from Haas, felt that having a mirror knocked off in an accident that wasn't your fault.
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