F1 governing body the FIA has precisely defined the rules relating to wheel-to-wheel combat for the 2012 season. The description came on Wednesday as the updated version of the Sporting Regulations was released on the federation’s website.
The latest explanation, in Articles 20.2 and 20.3, reads as follows:
‘A driver may not deliberately leave the track without justifiable reason. More than one change of direction to defend a position is not permitted.
Any driver moving back towards the racing line, having earlier defended his position off-line, should leave at least one car width between his own car and the edge of the track on the approach to the corner.’
The ruling will help to avoid situations such as in Malaysia over the last two years, with Lewis Hamilton having claimed to retake the racing line ‘to break the tow’ when dicing with Vitaly Petrov and Fernando Alonso. However, with the judgement of ‘one car width’ being left up to the drivers, controversy could still loom.
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2012 Formula 1 Sporting Regulations
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