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Over-regulated F1 missed Whiting in Jeddah – Horner

by Fergal Walsh
6 months ago
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Over-regulated F1 missed Whiting in Jeddah – Horner
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Red Bull Team Principal Christian Horner has suggested that Formula 1 is too “over-regulated”, adding that the sport is missing its former race director Charlie Whiting.

Title rivals Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton were involved in a number of incidents at Sunday’s inaugural Saudi Arabian Grand Prix, with both visiting the stewards after the race.

Horner states there are too many rules in place, leaving it difficult for the stewards and race director Michael Masi to manage.

The Briton added that the discipline of Charlie Whiting, the sport’s long-time race director who passed away suddenly in 2019, was missed during Sunday’s chaotic race in Jeddah.

“I’ve said it for too long – we’re over-regulated,” Horner said. “There’s rules about 10 car lengths but the formation lap isn’t a formation lap if it’s a restart. 

“It feels like there are too many rules. It felt like today that the sport missed Charlie Whiting. I am sorry to say but the experience he had… 

“It’s obviously frustrating but it’s difficult for Michael [Masi] and the stewards, particularly at this type of venue and this type of circuit with the amount of debris and the types of corners there are but it’s the same for everybody.

“I think it was a tough race for them to manage today. Obviously [there was] a lot of debris. 

“There was obviously a lot of traffic backwards and forwards with race control over the various different incidents and then Safety Cars, Virtual Safety Cars, restarts and obviously it was difficult to keep track of.

“I think there were many lessons out of that race that will be discussed at length over the coming weeks.”

Horner added that Red Bull has been left disappointed with the stewards’ decisions of late, after Verstappen was issued a grid penalty in Qatar two weeks ago and a five-second time penalty during Sunday’s race in Saudi Arabia.

“Obviously, every decision pretty much went against us today as they did in Doha a couple of weeks ago, then we saw two incidents yesterday… it’s been variable to say the least.”

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Comments 4

  1. PeeWee says:
    6 months ago

    I think that today is the first time that I’ve agreed with a pronouncement from CH (previously known as Whiney Spice!) but I think that Charlie Whiting’s many, many years of experience from both points of view (team and Race Control) would have given us a better season.
    Not a “better controlled season”, but a less raucous one, possibly with off the record messages to cool the rhetoric and mind games which are threatening to bring disrepute down on the sport. And as for broadcasting the bartering of starting places for the restart? Words fail me.

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  2. Formula 5000 says:
    6 months ago

    Horner’s a whiny twat… Conveniently forgets the extremely convenient lack of penalty for VER running HAM and himself off the track in Sao Paulo with no penalty incurred while shit talking Masi with regard the late Charlie Whiting. Lost all respect for Red Bull and Verstappen after this latest outing, I hope Merc and Hamilton snatch it away from them to teach Res Bull a lesson: dirty driving may get results, but will never be forgotten of forgiven.

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  3. fed_up says:
    6 months ago

    Horner’s a despicable twat… shit talking Masi with regard to the late Charlie Whiting. Lost all respect for Red Bull and Verstappen after this latest outing, I hope Merc and Hamilton snatch it away from them to teach Red Bull a lesson: dirty driving may get results, but will never be forgotten of forgiven.

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  4. fed_up says:
    6 months ago

    Horner’s a despicable twat… shit talking Masi with regard to the late Charlie Whiting. Lost all respect for Red Bull and Verstappen after this latest outing, I hope Merc and Hamilton snatch it away from them to teach Red Bull a lesson: dirty driving may get results, but will never be forgotten of forgiven.

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