The engine penalty system, which penalises a driver for exceeding their component allocation, will be tweaked to ensure its not so damaging to a drivers race.
It will also be simplified to ensure fans aren’t put off by excessive and overly complicated penalties which can see drivers taking time penalties in the race itself.
Team bosses met on Wednesday to discuss a new system which will now be sent to the World Motor Sport Council to be ratified next week in Mexico and written into the 2016 rules.
“Following the Austrian GP, an overhaul of the power unit penalties has been unanimously agreed and will be submitted to the F1 Commission via an express fax vote.”
Whilst no specific information has been released, it’s believed team bosses have agreed to drop in-race penalties, meaning the most severe punishment would see a driver start from the back of the grid.
The talks were initiated after McLaren’s Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button took on a combined 50-place grid penalty when they were forced to use a fifth engine each in Austria.
Both were hit with in-race penalties as well because they were unable to drop the required 25-places on the grid, leading to calls for change to the “overly harsh and confusing” system.
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