Pri Renault it is not good to mention the name of the team at the moment Racing Point. For the former Force India team filed after the race in Japan official protest against the French team and that successfully because FIA is dqualified both of their racers. Renault is in the forefront they are angry about itthat Racing Point did not adhere to its protest unwritten code of conduct. "It brings nothing if we are disappointed. I only take note that what used to be valid is no longer valid. And that worries me,”Said the team boss Cyril Abiteboul, who had in mind the behavior of the Racing Point team.
Because usually it is situations of that kind resolved through an umbrella organization FIA. The team could ask the ombudsmen to check Renault's controversial system. "Instead, they tried to exclude us from the race,”He gets angry Abiteboul. “This is a completely different process, as the race commissioners do not stand directly under the FIO for understandable reasons of independence,”Explained the Frenchman. Pri Renault before the protest, they had no idea that there could be problems with their system.
Is Formula 1 threatened with chaos due to the opening of Pandora's box?
Protest on the race GP of Japan Renault was caught completely unprepared. “As the rules become increasingly rigid and structured, and as there are a multitude of constraints, in my view we would need a code of conduct that would also be written down,”Demands a seat Abiteboul. Whether this will actually happen, he cannot say, as this topic is still fairly fresh. However, the Frenchman expresses fear that he could Racing Point opened Pandora's box. "If the speculation is enough, then I can protest against each team in order to gain their intellectual property and gain a certain advantage. And the team suffers because of it, even if the matter is legal. I think this is very dangerous,”He warns Abiteboul.
"We have two rules, sports and technical, and now comes the third,”Recalls Abiteboul in a look the forthcoming budget ceilings. The Frenchman is afraid he will without a written code of conduct similar situations will occur more often if it can be done from now on at any suspicion filed a protest against the other team without getting involved Fio. Abiteboul speaks of chaos and circumstances modeled on the Wild West. He also expressed his displeasure in person Otmar Szafnauer, the head of the Racing Point team. “We talked about this in the Formula 1 strategic group,”Issued the Frenchman. That was before decision of the FIE, which excluded Renault from the race in Japan on the basis of this protest.
