The Whiting traits emerging from F1’s new race control
After the opening three rounds of Formula 1’s new race direction of Niels Wittich and Eduardo Freitas being in charge, key qualities from Charlie Whiting’s era have surfaced and met by various reactions from teams and drivers. But as the series looks to move on from the controversial end to the 2021 season, it marks the start that was needed
Any good referee knows that give players an inch, they will take a mile.
At a top level series like Formula 1, where the marginal gains at the limits of the rulebook are what make the difference between hero and zero, being fast and loose with what people are allowed to get away with is the recipe for anarchy.
Instead, if you want to keep control of the game, rules need to be strictly enforced and in a consistent manner so everyone knows exactly where the threshold is. If everyone is treated equally and in a transparent way, then there can be no grounds for complaint. Accept no nonsense, people don’t misbehave.
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