"Tough" new rules for next season

Soldato
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Okay, so they claim that these are going to be tough new rules, but some of it, is just laughable..

BBC said:
Formula One drivers will face tougher sanctions next season for dangerous or unsporting driving.

In 2011 stewards will be able to exclude drivers from a race or suspend them for the next grand prix.

The FIA, the sport's governing body, also identified driving practices it wants to eradicate.

They include drivers making more than one change of direction in trying to defend a position or the deliberate crowding of a car.

Drivers must also use the track at all times and not leave it, as some were criticised for doing last season, to gain a driving advantage.

If they do come off, they must return when it is safe to do so without gaining any advantage.

In addition back markers in a race must allow a faster car to pass at the first available opportunity.

Any driver who ignores the waved blue flags that indicate a slower car should move aside will be reported to the stewards.

Previously, stewards could only impose drive-through or time penalties on drivers or drop them down the grid if they were deemed to have infringed the rules.

The FIA also plans to introduce a curfew on team personnel at Formula One races.

The curfew will run from midnight to 0600 when practice starts at 1000 on Fridays, and from 0100 to 0700 when practice starts at 1100 on a Saturday.

However, each team will be permitted four exceptions to the rule during the course of the season.
 
Seems more about clarifying the existing rules apart from the silly curfew thing.

The biggest change, which I don't think the bbc article made quite clear, is that the stewards will be able to disqualify/suspend drivers for infractions that previously would get a drive-thru or grid-drop. This means that much harsher penalties will be an option, and hopefully, drivers will behave better, that said, it could detract from risk taking..

as for the curfew, that just makes me laugh.
 
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