The FIA has been through a turbulent time lately, losing F1 race director Niels Wittich ahead of the Las Vegas Grand Prix, followed by F2’s intended race director Janette Tan and long-serving steward Tim Mayer.
But it was keen to stress its latest meeting in Qatar between its representatives and drivers helped to address the concerns many of them raised after the United States Grand Prix.
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“The meeting was the most productive one we’ve [ever] attended,” said the chairman of the FIA stewards Garry Connelly in a statement issued by the sport’s governing body.
Drivers raised concerns the FIA’s Driving Standard Guidelines had led to some debateable penalty calls at the Circuit of the Americas. Several incidents from the race were analysed during the course of the meeting.
“The Driving Standard Guidelines are a living document, so every year, as the F1 stewards we try to meet with the drivers, sporting directors and FIA representatives, to see if we need to tweak the guidelines to use the experience of the last 12 months and see what improvements we can make to ensure consistency,” says Connelly. “The goal of the guidelines is consistency.”
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