New F1 tracks must allow overtaking - Todt

 New F1 tracks must allow overtaking - Todt
Jean Todt (FRA), FIA president - Formula 1 World Championship, Rd 19, Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, Sunday Pre-Race Grid, 14.11.2010 / Copyright: Batchelor / xpb

Jean Todt has vowed to push hard to improve the spectacle of overtaking in formula one.

"We need to encourage more overtaking," the FIA president said in an interview with La Stampa. "In Abu Dhabi it was impossible."

Pundits were critical after the 2010 finale at the spectacular Yas Marina circuit, because Fernando Alonso was unable to pass Vitaly Petrov, while another title contender - Lewis Hamilton - could not overtake Robert Kubica.

"I'm speaking as the president of the FIA," said Frenchman Todt. "Hamilton had fresh tyres and was 2 seconds faster than Kubica and yet he failed to pass.

"From now on, before a new circuit is approved, we will evaluate the potential for the spectacle as well as the safety," he revealed.

And Autosprint quotes Todt as adding: "In this way we have already convened a meeting with technical experts such as Patrick Head and Rory Byrne."

Source: GMM

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Excellent, we need more of this in F1, sort out or get rid of Abu Dhabi, Singapore, Bahrain and Valencia. All awful tracks, we only need one Monaco thank you.
November 19, 2010 9:58 am
 Bu Yousif Bu Yousif
Don't judge on other tracks like that. Since you had mentioned Monaco, do you know it is the only track it's hard or can't over take on it, what it is special in Monaco is the F1 history on it and nice looking area only (its good for karting racing). By the way each track in the F1 calendar it has its own beauty in driving (ask the F1 drivers). And overtaking is possible on all of them in case the FIA changes the restricted technical rules on the F1 car.
November 21, 2010 5:08 am