F1 | McLaren approves the ban on testing at new tracks, as it could send a "wrong sign" to the public
Andreas Seidl claims that the ban that FIA put on testing new tracks is very rights, as it could send a “wrong sign”
Innovation is the essential to keep important things alive, such as motorsport. The world we live in is constantly changing at a supersonic speed and if you want to stay there, you have to accept changes and be flexible. It is the base of the Theory of Evolution and it may be applied almost to everything around us.
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At this point, there is to make a difference, though. There are some changes that are good and essential to the sport and some that just aren’t correct- at least at the present time.
In this season there are a few tracks that have been selected to race in order to face the Covid-19 emergency, according to the 2018 rule which allows using new tracks to race, as long as the government is informed. Today, a ban has been put on this rule, as it forbids testing at new tracks.
Andreas Seidl, McLaren’s Team Principal, claims to be content with this solution, as another decision may send a “wrong sign” to the sport.
“I’m very happy with this outcome- Seidl stated - And yes, not a secret that we were also pushing for that, because especially when you think about going to new tracks I think it puts you at a competitive disadvantage if other people can go testing.
I think even we considered taking out one of our own cars and going there. It would definitely have been absolutely the wrong sign also to the public and towards our people as well in the times of COVID, in the times of where we should avoid any unnecessary trouble for our people in order to protect them. I think it would have been completely the wrong sign also to do these tests. And therefore, I'm very happy with the outcome. And it was good to see that in the end, all teams agreed on this, which is not always the case.”
At the moment, it is more important than ever to draw a line and follow a unique and joint set of rule, to let the motorsport racing go on through these uncertain times.
