Stewards make appeal to FIA race committee after dangerous incident

Schumacher, like all the other drivers, was busy keeping the tires and his brakes up to temperature. The German briefly went full throttle, because he wanted to stay within ten car lengths of predecessor Tsunoda as the regulations require. At that moment, however, the driver of AlphaTauri decided to apply the brakes. It almost resulted in a touché.

No penalties were handed out by the stewards. However, they did write in their statement, "This needs to be a point of emphasis in future driver briefings, to ensure the drivers collectively agree on how best to address this challenge before an unfortunate incident occurs.”

The stewards would not think it a crazy idea to make an adjustment to the sporting code. "It is clear that the speed and braking capabilities of F1 cars, especially while trying to maintain required temperatures in tyres and brakes, are in tension with the ten car length separation behind the Safety Car traditionally specified in the regulations.”