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October 7, 2023, 07:49 PM
British driver Lewis Hamilton
Doha – Qena
British driver Lewis Hamilton, driver of the Mercedes team, praised the design of the Losail International Circuit, which will host the Qatar Airways Formula 1 Qatar 2023 Grand Prix, which constitutes the seventeenth round of the largest and most famous global car racing championship.
Hamilton, a record seven-time world champion, said in press statements that the International Automobile Federation (FIA) can learn from the design of the Losail International Circuit, with the aim of abandoning the controversial issue of track limits, which drivers are exposed to when leaving the track, as well as the issue of Confusion in results usually occurs.
He added that the design of the Losail International Circuit, which features curbs on its tracks, leads to a loss of time for drivers who deviate from the track boundaries, which is something that can be adopted in other circuits to avoid similar scenarios, especially with regard to the issue of track boundaries.
Hamilton explained that it is clear that the MotoGP World Championship does not face problems with the curbs at the Losail International Circuit, considering that such curbs can be used to the benefit of the driver as much as possible, and therefore it is not necessary to have a white line defining the exit from the track.
Losail International Circuit has been organizing one of the rounds of the MotoGP World Championship since 2004 until now, as the circuit hosts the opening round of the season. However, this season it will host the twenty-first round of the world championship between November 17 and 19, due to the process of redeveloping the circuit. Lucille.
The Mercedes driver stressed that the side corners at the Losail International Circuit punish drivers directly for deviating from the limits and provide a model that the International Automobile Federation (FIA) must consider to abandon the issue of track limits, considering that this will theoretically avoid any confusion in the results given the time spent. The FIA takes as long as it deletes the violating laps.
The International Automobile Federation (FIA) recorded nearly 1,200 cases of off-track departures during the Austrian round, in addition to applying 15 violations.
Hamilton thought that the side kerbs at the Losail Circuit are wonderful, explaining that he previously thought they were large, but now he believes they are really good, as when the driver leaves them he loses time, stressing that in the presence of these kerbs there is no need to apply track limits. On this ring.
The Mercedes driver considered that British McLaren driver Lando Norris should have taken his place in front of the media, and not been excluded from the race because he crossed the side borders.
Mercedes driver Hamilton qualified in second place behind Dutchman Max Verstappen, Red Bull driver, for the main Qatar Grand Prix race. But he qualified in this position due to the deletion of two laps for McLaren drivers, British driver Lando Norris and Australian Oscar Piastri, due to going outside the track limits.
Hamilton called for learning from the side skirts at the Losail International Circuit, and applying them to a number of circuits that host rounds of the Formula 1 World Championship, noting that this matter should have been considered several years ago.
It is worth noting that Hamilton won the first edition of the Formula 1 Qatar Grand Prix in 2021, after beating his Dutch competitor Max Verstappen, who finished second.
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