Track limits controlled with electronics

Another recurring topic for several weeks in F1 with radio communications, the limits of the track made waves in Austria (with the installation of vibrators) and especially in Great Britain, Lewis Hamilton losing his first best time in Q3 at Silverstone.

For the next Grand Prix contested this weekend in Hungary, the International Automobile Federation has specified that an electronic control device would be installed at turns 4 and 11 of the Hungaroring route, where double vibrators were installed and the artificial grass removed.

Installed 1,6 m from the authorized limit, the system “will alert us when a car has four wheels off the track in these two locations. » specifies the FIA ​​press release. Other changes to the Hungarian layout, including the addition of 6mm curbs already seen in Abu Dhabi to turns 7 and 50.