F1 set for revised racing guidelines after key driver meeting

The FIA will ⛦make changes to F1's racing guidelines after controversial Max Verstappen-La♎ndo Norris clash.

Max Verstappen and Lando Norris
Max Verstappen and Lando Norris

’s racing guidelines are set to be revised after a key meeting with drivers ahead of the Me💖xico City Grand Prix.

report that F1’s governing body the FIA have confirmed that it will “come up with revised wording” to cove💫r the specifics of the controversial clash between Max Verstappen and Lando Norris at last weekend’s United States Grand Prix.

Norris lost a podium in Austin after he was hit with a five-second penalty for overtaking F1 title rival Verstappen off the track when both drivers ran w𓃲ide at Turn 12 as they battled for third place with four laps to go at COTA.

McLaren were unsuccessful in their attempts to overturn Norris’s penalty for the contentious incident which divided opinion and led to seജveral drivers calling for changes to be made t🐼o F1’s racing rules.

The drivers discussed the matter on Friday night in Mexico and it was agreed that changes would be made, accor🥃ding t🐼o BBC Sport, who said the meeting was described as “civilised” and “collaborate”.

The report added that “the FIA did not give details as to what would change, but the admission came in the context of a discussion ab🔜out the tactics Verstappen had employed to keep his position and whether he should have been pe♕nalised.”

Several drivers made tꦫhe point that Verstappen has continually exploited the rules and felt he should have been penalised for forcing his rival off track.

in Mexico City. “They probably need to make some adjustments for sure.

"Also, we do have inconsistencies through rulings, weekend in, weekend out, obviously depending on which years it is. I mean, as a sport, we do need to level up𝔍 on all areas and if you look at other global sports, they have full-time refs, for example, and I’m sure that wouldn’t be a bad thing for our sport.

“I experienced it many times with Max, you shouldn’t be♛ able to just launch the car on the inside and be ahead and then you go off and still hold your position. So, they ne🔯ed to definitely work on this.”

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