News Details

Standing restarts were Whiting's idea

Charlie Whiting has revealed that the move to introduce standing restarts following red flags was his idea.The FIA's Race Director, Official Starter and Safety Delegate, made the revelation as he looked ahead to the inaugural Russian Grand Prix which takes places on October 12.'The standing restart is something that I was involved in personally,' he said. 'I was talking to someone at McLaren and we came up with this idea how to make this show a bit better. When you watch a race, what is the most exciting part of the race? The start. So, why not have a second one? It makes sense.'Of course, it offends some people because it's not pure racing,' he admitted. 'It's been done for the show. Some...
Full Story »
11y ago from Pitpass.com 0
Share

You May Also Be Interested In...

Whiting: All teams 'enthusiastic' about standing...

– FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting says that all 11 Formula 1...
11y ago from GPUpdate.net

'Standing restarts will work'

FIA Race Director Charlie Whiting is confident that drivers concerns over...
11y ago from SkySports.com

Ricciardo against standing restarts

Daniel Ricciardo feels bringing standing restarts into Formula 1 is the...
11y ago from PlanetF1.com

All teams 100% agreed standing race restarts proposal...

All teams 100% agreed standing race restarts proposal –...
11y ago from ThisIsF1.com

Elsewhere On The Network

Popular On MGPToday.com

Popular On IndyCarToday.com

Christian Lundgaard earns IndyCar pole, will start...

Drivers of the NTT IndyCar Series took to Portland International Raceway...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Jacob Abel: ‘I would hate if this was my only...

Jacob Abel is one of three rookies in IndyCar this season, and is hopeful...

IndyCar Portland – Qualifying Results

IndyCar rolled into Portland or the second event of a West Coast swing,...
19h ago from MotorsportWeek.c...

Popular On TotalWRC.com

Kalle Rovanperä hits the jackpot

Kalle Rovanperä and Jonne Halttunen finally won Rally Finland, laying to...

Popular On GunnersToday.com

'Might go' – Arsenal legend names the Gunners...

Arsenal legend Alan Smith believes it might now be the right time for...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Report: Arsenal could bring back former Premier League...

Ademola Lookman has been linked with a return to the Premier League in...
2h ago from CaughtOffside.com

Arsenal summer signing Martin Zubimendi praises 2...

Arsenal midfielder Martin Zubimendi has heaped praise on Declan Rice and...
5h ago from SportsKeeda.com

Arsenal 3-0 Athletic Bilbao – observations

Arsenal's pre-season fixtures concluded yesterday with a 3-0 win over...
7h ago from Arseblog.com

Comments

Hottest News

Recent News


2014 GPToday.com
GPToday.com is not responsible for the news headlines and associated descriptions and images it indexes, the content of externally linked sites or the comments & postings of its users.

This website is unofficial and is not associated in any way with the Formula One group of companies. F1, FORMULA ONE, FORMULA 1, FIA FORMULA ONE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP, GRAND PRIX and related marks are trade marks of Formula One Licensing B.V.