From GMM
Following the penalty imposed on Lewis Hamilton after the Grand Prix of Belgium, FIA race director Charlie Whiting clarified to formula one drivers and team officials at Monza what is expected in terms of fair overtaking.
A furore was triggered after the Belgian grand prix one week ago, when Lewis Hamilton's victory was retrospectively taken away because he had passed Kimi Raikkonen shortly after cutting a chicane.
In the regular pre-race drivers' briefing at Monza, scene of Sunday's Italian grand prix, Whiting told the gathering that, if a driver negotiates a corner illegally and gains a place, he should wait at least one more corner after giving back the position before launching another overtaking move.
Red Bull driver Mark Webber said after the briefing: "Generally, it is pretty clear (now) for people to probably not attack immediately again, which wasn't mega, mega clear in the past."
It is understood that Whiting made clear his information was simply a clarification, rather than a new interpretation of the existing rule, or a new rule altogether.
Following the penalty imposed on Lewis Hamilton after the Grand Prix of Belgium, FIA race director Charlie Whiting clarified to formula one drivers and team officials at Monza what is expected in terms of fair overtaking.
A furore was triggered after the Belgian grand prix one week ago, when Lewis Hamilton's victory was retrospectively taken away because he had passed Kimi Raikkonen shortly after cutting a chicane.
In the regular pre-race drivers' briefing at Monza, scene of Sunday's Italian grand prix, Whiting told the gathering that, if a driver negotiates a corner illegally and gains a place, he should wait at least one more corner after giving back the position before launching another overtaking move.
Red Bull driver Mark Webber said after the briefing: "Generally, it is pretty clear (now) for people to probably not attack immediately again, which wasn't mega, mega clear in the past."
It is understood that Whiting made clear his information was simply a clarification, rather than a new interpretation of the existing rule, or a new rule altogether.