Formula 1 drivers have been forbidden from drawing alongside each other during Safety Car restarts.
FIA F1 race director Niels Wittich reminded drivers this morning they must stay behind the car ahead of them during restarts.
He did so by highlighting part of article 55.14 of the sporting regulations, which states: “In order to avoid the likelihood of accidents before the safety car returns to the pits, from the point at which the lights on the car are turned out drivers must proceed at a pace which involves no erratic acceleration or braking nor any manoeuvre which is likely to endanger other drivers or impede the restart.”
In a document sent to all teams ahead of final practice on Saturday, Wittich indicated how the rule will be interpreted. Drivers will be considered in violation of the rule if any part of their car is alongside the car ahead. They do not have to follow the same line as the car ahead, but they may not begin to move alongside it.
Some drivers have been observed…