However, that recommendation made immediately after the 2022 Austrian Grand Prix, was rejected by circuit bosses who elected instead to keep the same configuration of kerbs and run off.
As F1 chiefs begin an investigation into the near-farce at the Austrian GP where more than 1200 tracks limits offences left the result of the race hanging in the air until five hours after the race as positions were shuffled around, questions have been asked about whether the chaos could have been avoided and what can be done now.
While the FIA found itself having to handle what it labelled an ‘unprecedented’ situation, it has emerged that matters could have been headed off if Red Bull Ring bosses had followed the FIA’s advice in the first place.
Dealing with the track limits has always been a tricky thing at the Red Bull Ring because of the nature of the layout, and previous attempts to use sausage kerbs have been long abandoned because of safety concerns following a number of accidents.
But amid F1’s more recent adoption of a strict stance that white lines define track limits, it has made the issue more critical than ever in Austria because of the design of the final two right handers that are downhill and tempt cars wide.
In light of issues at the 2022 Austrian GP, it has emerged that, as part of the FIA’s formal post-race report that evaluates each grand prix, Wittich wrote to Red Bull Ring chiefs to suggest that tweaks be made to the design of Turn 9 and Turn 10.
Source: Autosport