FIA reveals Eiffel GP’s contingency plan

There were both FP1 and FP2 Could not walk in Nurburging on Friday The medical helicopter was unable to fly to the designated hospital in Coblins within 20 minutes due to bad weather.

Transfers to hospitals can take place by road, but must be completed within the same mandatory 20-minute window, which is not possible, thus preventing sessions from progressing.

F1 Race Director Michael Masi said Those “backup plans” on Friday afternoon The weekend is designed to ensure that the loss of residual flow does not recur.

Motorsport.com understands that the contingency plan will see any accidents being carried by road from the mountain for a distance of about 3 km, before completing the rest of the journey by helicopter in advanced weather conditions.

All of this will be completed within a 20-minute window, ensuring that the sessions can progress even if the weather returns on Friday.

According to the appendix H of the FIA’s International Sports Code: “The flight time required to reach each of the hospitals mentioned in the medical questionnaire for the competition and approved by the FIA ​​Medical Representative should, under normal circumstances, not exceed about 20 minutes.”

The forecast has now been upgraded to Saturday, with rain and sunny conditions expected to be low, but the weather is expected to be similar to race day Friday.

Red Bull driver Alexander Alban has admitted he is worried about Sunday’s sightings in Nர்பrburgring.

“I’m a little worried because Sunday should be the same today,” Alban said. “If that’s the case, we need to see what happens.”

Six-time world champion Lewis Hamilton admitted that being sidelined throughout the day was frustrating, but questionable drivers would have completed a wide range of runs in the wet.

“It’s definitely a little frustrating to miss on days like this,” Hamilton said.

“Because we are limited in tires, we will not run on a large scale and it will be like this on the weekends.

“I want to do an installation lap, but because of the helicopter, we landed, but everyone is in the same boat.”

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