F1 teams agree to new driver regulations
The FIA will ratify new F1 regulations prohibiting experienced drivers from driving 'third cars' on Fridays and introducing a new penalty system for irresponsible driving, after Friday's meeting between the teams and FIA president Max Mosley. The new Friday test rule allows the bottom six teams in the previous year's Constructors standings to run a third car, but the driver may not have competed in six or more F1 races over the previous two seasons
Mosley said after the meeting that the penalty point system would not be exactly the same as that used for road traffic offences in many countries, but would be similar in method. "[Following a dubious on-track collision] there will be a hearing after the race and then a penalty will be imposed, depending on the gravity of the offence," he said. "If that happens three times in a season, the stewards are going to look very seriously into giving a one-race suspension. It won't be automatic, but they will look at it very seriously.
"There is the principle that someone who keeps on causing an accident in a dangerous way will be looking at a suspension. But we don't want to discourage people from racing."
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