With so much confusion around points on Sunday, steps are going to be taken to hopefully clear things up. F1
F1 teams to work with FIA in order to prevent points ‘loophole’ repeatAlpine and McLaren have owned up to their part in the points-system confusion that took the shine off Max Verstappen’s coronation as 2022 World Champion.
Microphones in the cooldown room just before the podium ceremony picked up Verstappen still expressing doubt, until his scepticism was put to rest by an official. The decisive factor this time, according to the wording of the rules, was that the race had still been running at the end of its three-hour window rather than being halted and not resumed.sporting director Alan Permane has admitted the rule does not stipulate what had been intended.
“What they have done [at Suzuka] is correct to the way the regulations are written, but I’m not sure it’s correct to how they are intended.”
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