“F1 committed a mistake,” Red Bull accept FIA error in broadcasting team messages

“F1 committed a mistake,” Red Bull accept FIA error in broadcasting team messages

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FIA had decided last year that it would allow the transmission of messages to and from race control. The whole intention behind doing the same was to make the sport more engaging for the fans and also increase their output in that process so that they could connect with fans on a different level.

But this wasn’t well received by the Red Bull sporting director, Jonathan Wheatley who recently said that it was a mistake on the end of the FIA when they decided to take this decision and make the information public.

The statement came in the wake of the incident which took place in Abu Dhabi. There was already enough pressure on Michael in such a cliff hanger of a situation and it doesn’t help when we add the pressure of the fans on top of that. Both Red Bull and Mercedes agreed that they both crossed the line during the incident.

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“I think that is down to the individual viewer to decide whether it added anything,” Wheatley told the Jack Threlfall Show. “I personally think it was a mistake to broadcast it,” as reported by GPFans.

“I think that we have supported Michael, teams have supported Michael and Michael has helped us, we have worked together in a collaborative fashion and that has worked out really well,” he added.

“The trouble is that this collaborative fashion dies a death when it is broadcast. So there were situations where I got a bit frustrated and said things that I shouldn’t have said,” Wheatley continued.

These decisions are too important: Jonathan Wheatley

In such a crunch situation, team principals would obviously want to get over the radio and ask for an explanation regarding the regulations that were followed and also added that such an intricate knowledge of a regulation won’t help the fans.

“And I think the other thing is, you might be able to say ‘I’m not sure that is the regulation we should be following’ or ‘Perhaps should we not be doing it this way?’, he continued.

“Of course, you can’t have those conversations with the race director if you know they are going to be broadcast.”

We can’t deny the fact that the sport has become more entertaining since the fans have been able to hear the transmissions but the priority in such a situation should be to reach the right decision but when you are under such a scrutiny it doesn’t help. FIA needs to find a middle ground for the same.

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