Austria F1 track limits fiasco ‘won’t happen again’, says McLaren boss Zak Brown

McLaren CEO Zak Brown is adamant the F1 track limits fiasco at the Austrian Grand Prix ‘won’t happen again’.
Oscar Piastri (AUS) McLaren MCL60. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 10, Austrian Grand Prix, Spielberg, Austria, Race
Oscar Piastri (AUS) McLaren MCL60. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 10, Austrian Grand Prix,…

Five hours after the race finished, the FIA handed out 12 further p🧔enalties for track limits.

Thiඣs was because during the race there were over 1200 potential infringements and the FIA race control simply didn’t have enough time to check a🍰nd validate them.

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The penalties led to significant changes in the top 10 with168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史: Carlos Sainz losing two places, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lewis Hamilton dropped behind teammate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Esteban Ocon

Speaking ꦦat the launch of McLaren’s new chrome livery for thꦦis weekend’s British Grand Prix, Brown was clear that F1 can’t afford to have a similar debacle again.

“We can't have it again. We 𝓡can't have a race and five hours later you have that degree of change and penalties,” he told Reuters.

“It🥂 definitely wasn't ideal what happened yesterday, that's stating the obvious [but] it has no long-term impact because I don't think it will ever happen again.”

Zak Brown (USA) McLaren Executive Director. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Canadian Grand Prix, Montreal, Canada,
Zak Brown (USA) McLaren Executive Director. Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 9, Canadian Grand…

Brown b🍌elieves the issue of track limits is only specific to Austria’s Red Bull Ring.

“I've never seen anything like that before so I don't think this is something ꦜthat is an on🐽going issue at other race circuits,” Brown added.

“I think it was s🍰pecific to that one, so I think we need to look at how do you fix that?”

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