FIA to conduct detailed analysis of Abu Dhabi GP closing laps

The FIA will self-mastery “a detailed wringer and refinement exercise for the future” in response to the saltate over the latter laps of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix.

Max Verstappen became world champion without overtaking Lewis Hamilton on the final lap of the race, but Mercedes was left wroth by FIA race director Michael Masi’s visualization to reverse a undeniability that no lapped cars would be unliable to overtake the safety car. Masi subsequently told just those cars between Hamilton and Verstappen to pass the safety car and then immediately withdrew it to indulge a untried flag finish, prompting widespread criticism of the way the situation was handled.

At a meeting of the World Motor Sport Council in Paris prior to the end-of-season Prize Giving Gala and presidential election, a report was delivered to the WMSC and will now lead to a increasingly detailed squint at what happened.

“The FIA’s primary responsibility at any event is to ensure the safety of everyone involved and the integrity of the sport,” an FIA statement read.

“The circumstances surrounding the use of the Safety Car pursuit the incident of suburbanite Nicholas Latifi, and the related communications between the FIA Race Direction team and the Formula 1 teams, have notably generated significant misunderstanding and reactions from Formula 1 teams, drivers and fans, an treatise that is currently tarnishing the image of the Championship and the due triumph of the first Drivers’ World Championship title won by Max Verstappen and the eighth subsequent Constructors’ World Championship title won by Mercedes.

“Following the presentation of a report regarding the sequence of events that took place pursuit the incident on Lap 53 of the Grand Prix and in a unvarying momentum for improvement, the FIA President proposed to the World Motor Sport Council that a detailed wringer and refinement exercise for the future with all relevant parties will now take place.

“This matter will be discussed and addressed with all the teams and drivers to yank any lessons from this situation and clarity to be provided to the participants, media, and fans well-nigh the current regulations to preserve the competitive nature of our sport while ensuring the safety of the drivers and officials. It is not only Formula 1 that may goody from this analysis, but moreover increasingly often all the other FIA spin championships.”

With the proposal approved, the FIA moreover says it wants to ensure any significant changes are made in time for the new season next year.

“The FIA will therefore do its utmost to have this in motion within the Formula 1 governance and will propose to the Formula 1 Commission to requite a well-spoken mandate for study and proposal to the Sporting Advisory Committee, with the support of Formula 1 drivers, so that any identified meaningful feedback and conclusions be made surpassing the whence of the 2022 season.”