Nikolas Tombazis was keen to clarify that the upcoming meetings will not drastically change the new regulatory cycle.
The Formula 1 is currently on hold, but April could be decisive for the current regulatory cycle. In a week, the FIA will hold an important meeting with the Team Principals of the eleven participating teams to modify some rules, given the drivers’ complaints and the risks encountered on the track, especially in Japan. Nikolas Tombazis, when asked about the topic, stated that there will be no drastic changes and that the current F1 system only needs small adjustments to further improve.
Here are the Greek’s statements in detail:“We are not discussing a complete rewrite of the rules. We believe the patient is not in intensive care. The patient only needs a couple of apples a day, not open-heart surgery. . There are issues to address both in terms of driver handling and safety. I don’t like to go around saying that everything is fine, but I don’t like to say that everything is a disaster either. We have fans who are happy with the show, but we have to deal with an accident caused by specific aspects that we need to resolve and some drivers who believe that some things need to be improved.”
Regarding safety, he added:“Every high-speed accident is always a shock. Saying it was predictable would be wrong, but the speed difference had been identified as a risk. We discussed it, but it wasn’t easy to act before having some time to analyze certain parameters. When changes are introduced too hastily, the risk is that things will get worse or cause other problems. But safety is the number one priority.”
And, finally, an important comment:“These energy management rules won’t require changes to the hardware, but to the settings and software. And these are changes that can be introduced very quickly and that get to the heart of the matter, both in terms of the speed difference between the cars and the drivers’ satisfaction We could decide to have a phase 1 and a phase 2 and give phase 2 a little more time to allow the manufacturers to make some changes.”
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