Hamilton on 2021: Radical ideas just an excuse for bad decisions

Current world champion sharply criticized the new package of rules Formula 1 for the summer 2021. The new car is supposed to take care of better racing and eliminated the weaknesses of the current, but in the opinion The British the changes are going in the completely wrong direction. “I'm still worried. And what I saw in the meetings isn’t going to change either.“Racer Mercedesa is critical primarily of the fact that race cars will become heavier, which is conditioned by standardized parts and larger 18 inches wheels. “That doesn't make sense. Nothing will be safer and racing will not be better either. I don't see any point in that."

Lewis Hamilton is concerned about the new rules of 2021 and believes that they have gone in the completely wrong direction - Photo: Hasan Bratić

Five-time world champion he also doesn’t understand that race cars are supposed to become as well slower. "Why should Formula 1 be slower? We should go ahead with this technology and be innovative. We should be faster,”He demands British. It is instead Formula 1 took the opposite path. “We have worse tires, heavier race cars, which are also slow. If I talk to friends, they don’t understand it themselves. And almost no one has driven a race or sat in a Formula 1 car before."

Hamilton sees the idea of ​​the Formula 1 management about Saturday's sprint race with a reversed starting order only as an excuse for bad decisions - Photo: Hasan Bratić

People with expertise they are racers, but in words Hamilton are not sufficiently involved in the discussion. “Racers are trying to have more influence and help make better decisions, but as it turns out, there is no major difference here,He shook his head Britishwho is convinced that too decision makers they are not exactly enthusiastic about their ideas. Because the changes over the years have also not led to success - at least not in most. Such as new front wings for the season 2019, whose advantages are teams fast neutralized into a normal starting point.

In his criticism of the change in the rules, Hamilton refers to this year's front wings, which were quickly neutralized by the teams - Photo: Hasan Bratić

That's for Hamilton also the reason why there is a lot of discussion at the time about changing the rules, such as the idea of ​​Saturday qualifying race. "That they are now trying to reverse the starting order and the like, I see in this only an excuse because they did not do their job well enough in the decision process."

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