Drivers banned from overtaking in pit lane exit

Formula 1 drivers have been prohibited from overtaking in the exit of the Abu Dhabi pit lane after an incident during second practice.

World Champion Max Verstappen overtook both slow-moving Mercedes drivers along the downhill plunge, and into the tunnel, before passing the Alpine of Esteban Ocon.

Verstappen explained that “they are all driving slow, and I want to go out because, you know, we are limited on time and they just keep on driving in the middle. And then when I tried to pass they tried to squeeze me in the wall, so….a bit silly.”

In his updated event notes, issued on Saturday morning, Race Director Niels Wittich clarified the situation.

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“Overtaking is prohibited in the pit exit road unless a car slows with an obvious problem,” Wittich wrote, in an addition to the existing rules.