Soon more scenes of joy in F1?

Fans of the outpourings of trackside joy at F1 Grand Prix may soon no longer have the opportunity to revel in those scenes that can be seen at every race at checkered flag time. Slices of Grand Prix have become the favorite sequences of many enthusiasts, and not only Netflix cameras, which do not fail to offer them to their subscribers during each episode of the now famous “Drive to Survive”.

We could indeed very quickly no longer see the mechanics jumping out of the pits to climb the fence to congratulate their drivers when they cross the finish line. Niels Wittich thus sounded the alarm this Thursday at the dawn of the Australian Grand Prix, the third round of the season which will officially start very early on Friday, French time, with the traditional free practice on the menu. The race director reminded the teams at the start of this third weekend of the season that the regulations (visibly unknown to some teams) prohibited climbing on the barriers of the pit wall, and this “at any time”.

First and last warning

Under the sports code, which stipulates that offenders who decide to climb the fence despite the ban will be sanctioned, Wittich therefore urged teams not to let themselves go, at the risk of being punished. Again with regard to the regulations, any teams not respecting them in the future will be reported to the race stewards, who will then take the necessary measures.

Similarly, the German official recalled when reading the passage in question that “Access to the pit lane must be reserved exclusively during practice and races for specially authorized persons who have a specific job to do. Team personnel are only permitted in the pit lane immediately before they are required to work on a car and must withdraw as soon as the work is completed. » This weekend in Australia, the marshals shouldn’t have too much work on that front, with the Albert Park circuit featuring glass panels along the pit lane. However, then…