From now on, no penalties for minor collisions

The FIA ​​commissioners will pay much less attention to collisions between racers this weekend, when the race for the Austrian Grand Prix takes place, which will make them more daring and willing to take more risks.

Racers are said to be much more careful in preparing for overtaking and in overtaking themselves, as they fear the penalties that (sometimes) are shared by commissioners in the event of minor touches. Several teams are said to be in favor of the commissioners not examining every touch of the race cars on the track, making the racers more daring and the races more interesting to the spectators.

The FIA ​​agreed with the proposal and introduced a new way of dealing with incidents. So far, race director Charlie Whiting has passed on every touch between the two race cars to the commissioners, and from the Austrian race onwards, dealing with them will be entirely up to the commissioners.

They will only intervene in the collisions if one of the racers is clearly to blame for the collision, which he could have avoided.

This means that Romain Grosjean would still be penalized for causing an accident at Spa 2012, and Max Chilton would only get a warning for colliding with Kimi Raikkonen at this year’s race in Monte Carlo.

Whiting informed all teams about the new way of dealing with accidents on Thursday, explaining to them that the novelty will only work if the teams do not demand penalties for each collision.