.McLarenF1 CEO Zak Brown has compared F1's inaction to avoid a track limits fiasco at the AustrianGP to the infamous 2005 United States race at Indianapolis ⬇️
While the farcical outcome prompted talk over how the Spielberg circuit's track design can be improved to avoid a repeat, Brown also feels F1 could do a better job of reacting to developing problems over a race weekend.
"So Spa [2021, which was called off after three safety car laps due to heavy rain], we knew Spa was potentially going to be a problem on Sunday, on Friday. And we just kind of watched it unfold.Photo by: Steve Swope /"The other one was obviously tyres at Indianapolis [2005], we knew that was a problem on Friday. But it was a big problem on Saturday and we watched it unfold on Sunday.
The stewards ended up dishing out 12 track limits penalties to eight drivers after Aston Martin successfully protested the provisional result.
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