Call for rule change to avoid 'meaningless' qualifying after Belgian GP chaos
dailystar.co.ukMax Verstappen and Charles Leclerc of Ferrari, will start towards the back of the field regardless of how qualifying goes after their teams changed key components.
The situation could add an element of farce to qualifying, with the starting order for Sunday’s race set to take time to work out once all the various penalties have been accounted for.Sky Sports F1 pundit Karun Chandhok has spoken out against the problem, saying the spate of grid penalties this weekend will render qualifying “a bit meaningless”. READ MORE: Michael Schumacher got big break after F1 driver was jailed for using CS gas on taxi driver With F1 looking to become more financially sustainable, it is widely accepted that there must be a deterrent to prevent teams from changing key parts regularly.
But the current system of grid penalties has been shown up this weekend, prompting Chandhok to come up with an alternative.The former F1 driver wrote on Twitter: “Anyone woken up annoyed this morning that the grid penalty system has made Qualifying a bit meaningless today with the top 3 from practice [Verstappen, Leclerc and Lando Norris] starting at the back??
I really think we need to go to an alternative system of constructors points penalties or something!” Do you agree with Karun Chandhok?
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