News Details

FIA approves controversial grid restarts for 2015

June 27, 2014 .- The FIA has approved restarting races from the grid after safety car periods from 2015. The controversial rule change, undoubtedly designed to spice up the 'show', was agreed by the decision-making F1 Commission recently but only rubber-stamped by the World Motor Sport Council in Munich on Thursday. The change has split opinions within the paddock, with many believing the idea of mid-race grid starts is too "artificial", or compromising safety for spectacle. "I guess it's maybe a bit more exciting because there's a bit more variability with the standing start," said Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo, arguing that a grid restart could unfairly punish the...
Full Story »
11y ago from F1Plus.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Standing restarts get the green-light for '15

Formula 1 will switch to standing restarts following safety car periods...
11y ago from TheF1Times.com

HAVE YOUR SAY: Standing start restarts in F1?

Motorsport's governing body continues to tweak the F1 rulebook but, as...
11y ago from Crash.net

World Motor Sport Council approve F1 changes for 2015

  27th June, 2014 (F1 Plus / Rosie Baillie) - Last night the World...
11y ago from F1Plus.com

FIA approves controversial grid restarts for 2015

The FIA has approved restarting races from the grid after safety car...
11y ago from GrandPrix.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Brazil replaces Argentina as 2026 MotoGP calendar...

The 2026 MotoGP calendar has officially been released and the new season...

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

IndyCar Laguna Seca – Qualifying Results

IndyCar traveled to the West Coast for a round at the historic Laguna...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Alex Palou grabs IndyCar pole at Laguna Seca

IndyCar headed out for qualifying at Laguna Seca just before noon local...
17h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Foggy conditions at Laguna Seca delay IndyCar’s...

The NTT IndyCar Series was set to hit the track early Saturday morning...
21h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Marcus Armstrong: ‘No magic potion’ that accounts...

Meyer Shank Racing is in the middle of its best IndyCar season since...
23h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Popular On GunnersToday.com

Real Madrid Transfer News Roundup: Los Blancos...

Real Madrid are expected to add further reinforcements to their squad...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Why Arsenal rejected chance to sign Benjamin Sesko?...

A recent report from The Athletic has outlined why Arsenal opted to sign...
1h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Report: Arsenal set to seal deal with Premier League...

Arsenal and Fulham are close to striking a deal for winger Reiss Nelson,...
1h ago from FreshArsenal.com

Dowman, 15, steals the show as Arsenal edge past...

Martin Odegaard's late penalty earned Arsenal a 3-2 pre-season win over...
13m ago from SkySports.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.