A rule change could ensure that there will be no repeat of this year’s Belgian Grand Prix, as Formula 1 is planning a discussion with teams and the FIA to identify the best approach for future similar situations.
Autosport informs that the sport’s bosses want to discuss an amendment to the rules after drivers was awarded half-points for just a few laps at Spa-Francorchamps circuit.
Formula 1 CEO Stefano Domenicali is ‘eager’ to speak to the sport’s teams and stakeholders in order to propose the idea of a rule change. Taking into consideration the widespread condemnation around the way the decision was reached to hand out half-points following laps behind a safety car, changes are unlikely to be met with too much opposition.
Any amendments to the sport’s rulebook would require approval from Formula 1, the governing FIA body and the teams.
One solution would be to only allow for points following ‘racing laps’ – unaided by the safety car. Formula 1 race director Michael Masi was largely praised for not deciding to put drivers in a difficult and dangerous situation but he himself accepted that discussions needed to be held with all 10 Formula One teams to find a solution for the future.
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