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F1 drivers banned from pitlane blocking in fresh impeding clampdown
New rules imposed at this weekend’s Sao Paulo Grand Prix will forbid F1 drivers from stopping in the pitlane amid a fresh clampdown on impeding. Max Verstappen, George Russell and Fernando Alonso all escaped penalties after being investigated for impeding other cars during qualifying at the Mexico City Grand Prix by stopping in the pitlane and creating big queues. The tactic has been used by drivers at a number of recent races and has emerged as an unintended consequence of the FIA enforcing a minimum lap time for laps during qualifying to avoid dangerous situations when drivers try to make a gap for themselves before starting flying laps. But amid concerns that drivers could now...
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