FIA all set to tighten its review request procedure after Haas’ recent US GP request

The Haas F1 team's recent review request was rejected by the FIA.

FIA all set to tighten its review request procedure after Haas’ recent US GP request

Mohammed Ben Sulayem(uae), President of the FIA, DOMENICALI Stefano (ita), Chairman and CEO Formula One Group (Credits: Imago)

The Haas Formula 1 team’s recent review request of the US GP track limits violations was rejected by the FIA. While that debacle has been put to bed, the FIA has decided to tighten up the rules regarding a team’s right to review certain things during a full-fledged Grand Prix weekend.

As per the latest reports, it has come to light that the FIA will significantly shorten the timeframe in which a team can ask for a review. Earlier, teams were allowed to ask for a review within a period of 14 days after the passing of a certain event, but this is now going to be shortened to only four days or 96 hours.

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Moreover, it has also been made known that a fee will be introduced for a team to request a review. Until now, the various outfits at the pinnacle of motor racing were free to request a review without paying any fee or charge. These changes are going to be implemented in a very short period.

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Team reviews were extremely common during the past years, but in recent times, it has become very rare. These days, most things get settled during a Grand Prix weekend, and a team rarely files a review request after the culmination of an event.

FIA will introduce a fee of around 6000 euros for a review request

While the governing body of the sport will change quite a few things around the review request procedure, the expected fee will be set at around 6000 euros for a team to file a request. This has been done to make the teams think twice before filing for a review request.

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Formula 1 has developed massively in the last few years, and these days, it is very rare that something gets missed by the keen eyes of the FIA personnel during a Grand Prix event. Moreover, even if something is looked over, the F1 teams are quick to bring the FIA’s attention to it.

The 2023 F1 season has gone by without any big controversy, and the FIA would want to keep it this way during the upcoming Las Vegas Grand Prix weekend. The hype around the event is immense, and the governing body would do well if they could go through the whole three-day weekend without any major hiccups.

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