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FIA prevents repeat of Abu Dhabi dispute with subtle rule change

A subtle word change in an article of the FIA's sporting regulations will avoid a repeat in the future of the controversy that marred F1's 2021 title decider in Abu Dhabi. Earlier this year, F1's sporting regs featured a slight change to the sport's Safety Car procedure on the back of last year's botched finale. In a bid to speed up a race's restart process, the FIA updated Article 55.13 of F1's Sporting Regulations, stating that the Safety Car will no longer need to wait until the last lapped car has passed the leader to withdraw and return to the pits, a change that should ensure a quicker restart process in the future. But the FIA has now added another tweak to Article 55.13 that also...
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