Stefano Domenicali, president of Formula 1, has full confidence in the credibility of the federative body, but calls for transparency and an effective race management system.
Although more than three months have passed, what happened in the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix It continues to be a topic of conversation in Formula 1 and Stefano Domenicali, president of the category, has spoken about the expectations that the organization he directs has on the FIA’s way of acting in relation to this matter.
Of course, the first thing that the Italian leader clarifies is that he is fully convinced that what happened last December has not affected the credibility of the competition.
“The race director can make the right decision if he is well supported and has all the tools available to judge”
“I think, honestly, the trust is still there,” says Stefano Domenicali. «We had, last week, a meeting with all the promoters, the broadcasters and the partners. Every place we go is packed. It means that Formula 1 does not have that problem. It means that trust is there.”.
“Sport is part of the challenge and you can have situations that are positive or negative, or a big controversy. I don’t have, not for a single second, in my mind to think that this is created on purpose. As an athlete, if he thought that was the case, he wouldn’t be there. I can guarantee that from a Formula 1 perspective that is not the case,” he reiterates.
greater transparency
And how to guarantee that the credibility of Formula 1 remains? Stefano Domenicali believes that transparency and the pursuit of an effective regulatory system are essential.
“What we can say, and as you know in the next few days the FIA will formally discuss that in the World Motor Sport Council, is that we must avoid a personal discussion»Domenicali points out.
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“We’re all human beings. You can say that you are performing well as a driver, as a team, as a referee, but this is not relevant to the credibility of the sport. If the sport takes the lessons to improve, credibility goes through this type of action. And this is what we expect the FIA to take on in preparation for next year.”
This weekend a new structure of the FIA will be released in the Grand Prix, which has the alternation of Eduardo Freitas and Niels Wittich as race directors, as well as a new virtual race control that will help your decision making.
“I want the FIA to be able to start this weekend in the best possible way and I hope that the people involved in the decision-making process have the right tools to do the best job they can”Domenicali reiterates.
«The race direction has to be an entity organized in the appropriate waybut the race director is a person who has to make the right decision».
“And he can make that decision if he is well supported and if he has all the tools available to him to make this judgment. You don’t have time to make a committee, you have to make sure that everything around you allows you to make the right decision»points the Italian.
“I will attend the World Council and we will see. That is the objective, to take a step forward, to advance from Abu Dhabi. We are already in Bahrain. So there is no need to speak with a different approach than to say what we learned as regulators from that last race»concludes the president of Formula 1 when asked about the FIA’s conclusions in relation to the report on Abu Dhabi.
Source:
Sky Sports