Why the FIA won’t act quickly to close the F1 loophole Red Bull used for Sergio Perez at the Japanese GP.

In an effort to prevent a grid drop at the Qatar Grand Prix later this month, Perez was forced to retire from the race but was later sent back out to finish a time penalty by Red Bull.

The FIA won’t act quickly to close the gap that Red Bull used to Sergio Perez’s advantage at the Japanese Grand Prix.

After two collisions and two time penalties in the first 15 laps of Sunday’s race, the Mexican retired.
However, he had only received one of those penalties; the other was still pending.

According to Formula 1 rules, anyone who doesn’t serve a time penalty faces a grid drop at the following race.
Therefore, it makes sense that Red Bull was eager to eliminate the possibility of that happening.

When Perez returned to the track to complete his lap and serve the penalty, he was ordered to retire once more.
Due to a gap in the rules that permits teams to do just that, they asked the FIA for permission to do so and were granted it.

After the race, Ted Kravitz said the governing body would be moving quickly to close the loophole during an appearance on his Ted’s Notebook program on Sky Sports.

“I can tell you that the FIA, now that they have discovered this loophole, are rather inclined to close it off quite quickly for the next race and declare that, for certain infractions, if the sanction has not been served, then it has to be a grid penalty at the following race,” he said.

Red Bull won’t be able to get away with breaking the law, they say.
Without a doubt, it was very clever.
I would say, “Yeah, do it,” if I were the team manager.
That was brilliant. If you’re competitive, disregard the spirit of the rules, and say, “Let’s do it!” I would have been laughing into my microphone.
However, it seems the FIA isn’t all that pleased with it.
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To prevent teams from pulling similar pranks in the near future, Mirror Sport is aware that the FIA will not be hastily changing any rules. Not least of all due to the rarity of such a turn of events in F1, despite the fact that it has happened before.

Following each race, the FIA reviews such incidents and judgments, and this analysis is taken into account when determining whether to modify any sporting regulations.
Additionally, a closer examination of Red Bull’s actions and the wording of the regulations that permitted the team’s use of the loophole will be made.

However, the governing body is constantly aware that by making quick changes to the rules to solve one issue, it frequently leads to the emergence of multiple related issues.
Therefore, it’s possible that this loophole will be closed down in the future, but F1 lawmakers won’t be in a hurry to do so.