believes wants to alter its driver pointers after Sunday’s conflict between and on the .
The 2 title contenders had been concerned in a on lap 52. Norris overtook Verstappen exterior the racetrack earlier than being hit with a five-second penalty, demoting the Brit to fourth and elevating the Pink Bull driver to the rostrum.
Whereas Sky Sports activities F1 pundit Brundle believes Verstappen was “crafty” in his defence of third place on the observe, he reinstates the necessity for readability within the guidelines with McLaren aggrieved with the penalty post-race in Austin
“So far as I’m involved, the six-page Pointers (subsequently not rules), which have been signed off by the FIA, the drivers’ affiliation (GPDA), and the groups, are a blueprint to dissuade overtaking, particularly across the exterior,” Brundle stated, in his Sky Sports activities .
“There are key reference factors which might be onerous to outline for each drivers and stewards, corresponding to the place precisely is the apex of any given nook throughout all the width of the observe, together with particular entrance axle and automotive mirror positions in a fast-moving occasion corresponding to a racing overtake.
“I don’t know what occurred to the ‘allow them to race’ method from some time again which labored moderately effectively.”
Brundle’s colleague and former F1 driver Anthony Davidson has on the Circuit of the Americas to place gravel on the surface of flip 12 to keep away from related eventualities sooner or later, a viewpoint Brundle adheres to.
“We witnessed again on the Austrian GP the place a easy channel of gravel and different circuit furnishings can dissuade driving off the outlined racetrack, with out having excessive kerbs which might dangerously launch automobiles into the air,” he stated.
“It prices cash to switch and return this for bike racing the place it merely doesn’t work, however within the grand scale of F1 issues that’s not costly.
“The circuit layouts and run-offs create the issues, and the ever extra advanced driving guidelines fail to handle all the inevitable and diverse points. Don’t merely blame the referees, that’s not truthful and received’t resolve the issue.
“The driving pointers want a critical tweak, and far simplification.”
McLaren driver Norris now heading into this weekend’s Mexican Grand Prix.
