The 20 Formulation 1 drivers, the FIA and the stewards held a “productive” assembly on Thursday forward of this weekend’s Qatar Grand Prix to debate the game’s overtaking guidelines.

The dialogue comes a month on from Max Verstappen and Lando Norris’ fierce battles at america and Mexico Metropolis Grand Prix, the place they have been embroiled in controversial incidents.

Norris was given a five-second time penalty for overtaking Verstappen off the monitor in Austin, because the Crimson Bull driver was first to the apex of the nook. Nevertheless, Norris, and different drivers, felt Verstappen pushed his rival off the monitor.

Every week later in Mexico, Verstappen was handed two 10-second time penalties for his actions in wheel-to-wheel fight with Norris.

Verstappen, who sealed a fourth consecutive F1 title in Las Vegas, has overtly said he races to the laws.

“I believe we nonetheless want, for certain, a number of extra discussions about sure issues,” mentioned Verstappen.

“However I believe it extra has to do with the monitor format. Some locations you might have lots of run-off and that creates lots of points, that is one thing we now have to work on sooner or later. That is the principle drawback.

“In case you have gravel, that stops you from doing issues that takes a bit extra danger than regular.”

George Russell, who’s a director of the Grand Prix Drivers’ Affiliation, was one among quite a few drivers who got a penalty in Austin for allegedly forcing one other driver off the monitor when overtaking.

The Mercedes driver has been vocal for extra consistency within the sport and hopes for clearer guidelines in 2025.

“It was a productive assembly. I do not suppose lots wanted to be modified,” he informed Sky Sports activities F1.

“Simply the odd sentence that wanted to be removed, resembling if you’re overtaking on the within you want to depart a automobile’s width from apex to exit, therefore why I obtained the penalty in Austin.

“There wasn’t essentially something within the pointers about Max’s manoeuvre, for those who dive bomb and go off the monitor. That was successfully uncontrolled.

“Everyone seems to be in settlement with these items. It isn’t like it’s important to flip the entire thing the wrong way up and rewrite the entire rulebook. Simply the odd factor wanted to be modified. That is been constructive.”

Talking to the written media, Russell mentioned what drivers in the end wished to see was modifications to circuit design to supply a pure deterrent to drivers making an attempt to run vast.

“If you’ll be able to keep on the circuit [when overtaking on the inside] you might be in your proper to run the motive force vast, because it has been for all of us since go-karts,” he mentioned.

“We additionally concluded that the majority of those points are right down to the circuits. We spoke about quite a lot of points in Austin, I believe lots of the overtakes would not have even been tried had there been gravel there resembling Austria Flip 4, the downhill right-hander – you are going to go within the gravel for those who’re one or two per cent over the restrict.

“Silverstone at Stowe, there was some nice racing a few years in the past with Lewis, Checo and Charles however in the end everybody was off the monitor and that is as a result of the monitor permits you so.

“So the circuits are the foundation trigger and the drivers are an interim repair that we will agree on till we will get the entire circuits into a correct method.”

Hamilton ‘welcomes’ extra conversations sooner or later

Hamilton is conscious of Verstappen’s aggressive greater than any driver on the grid, having gone head-to-head with the Dutchman within the controversial 2021 season.

The seven-time world champion says F1 is now “stepping into the fitting course” after Thursday’s dialogue, which lasted round one hour.

“The assembly was actually productive. It is the primary time we actually sat down with them,” Hamilton informed Sky Sports activities F1.

“We had clear and open discussions with the stewards, who’ve such a troublesome job. Each overtake and each situation is so totally different to the opposite.

“There’s nothing that can change for these two races however for subsequent 12 months, we’re engaged on the method and hopefully we welcome having extra conversations with them transferring forwards.”

He later added to the written media: “Of their [ the stewards’] minds, this 12 months, it has been higher when it comes to consistency however clearly everybody needs to be excellent.

“Till you might have these discussions, they will not totally perceive from the place we’re sitting and what we’re combating for is correct or unsuitable, in sure eventualities. It is good for them to listen to, and for us to work on clear pointers, so from additionally within the automobile, you realize what you might have.

“For instance, there was speak about a warning however you realize when you’ve got that one warning and also you look forward to the final race of the 12 months to utilise your warning, that does not work.”

Sky Sports activities F1’s stay Qatar GP schedule

Friday November 29
9.55am: F1 Academy Follow One
11am: F2 Follow
1pm: Qatar GP Follow One (follow begins at 1.30pm)
2.55pm: F1 Academy Follow Two
4.05pm: F2 Qualifying
5pm: Qatar GP Dash Qualifying (qualifying begins at 5.30pm)*

Saturday November 30
12.10pm: F1 Academy Qualifying
1pm: Qatar GP Dash build-up
2pm: QATAR GP SPRINT
3.30pm: Ted’s Dash Pocket book
4pm: F2 Dash Race
5.15pm: Qatar GP Qualifying build-up
6pm: QATAR GP QUALIFYING
8pm: F1 Academy: Race One
8.45pm: Ted’s Qualifying Pocket book

Sunday December 1
10.55am: F1 Academy Race Two
12.15pm: F2 Function Race
2.30pm: Grand Prix Sunday: Qatar GP build-up
4pm: THE QATAR GRAND PRIX
6pm: Chequered Flag: Qatar GP response
7pm: Ted’s Pocket book

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