The FIA has made overnight modifications to track limits for the 2023 United States Grand Prix amid complaints from Formula 1 teams and drivers.
For the second round in succession, following on from the Qatar GP when 51 lap times were deleted in the main race, track limits have once again been firmly on the agenda. In the uncompetitive FP1 session on Friday at the Circuit of The Americas in Austin, Texas, when drivers were not necessarily pushing flat out, Motorsport.com understands that 76 lap time were deleted.
The governing body notes that: “Following discussion with the teams and drivers yesterday we have widened the white line on the outside at Turns 9, 12 and 19 - this is to give the drivers a bit of extra margin at these corners”. The fatter painted white line now extends significantly over the first part of the exit kerbs. In the first F1 session to run with the track tweaks, qualifying for the Saturday sprint race, only Alpine racer Pierre Gasly troubled the stewards for running wide in Q1.
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