Route Limits: Will Inconsistent Policing Ruin F1?

Lewis Hamilton (front) and Max Verstappen

After the Portuguese lap last weekend, in the alternative reality of the Red Bull Formula 1 team’s motorsport advisor, Helmut Marko, the challenging team, in his opinion – because of the capricious enforcement of the track limit – “lost the victory, the fastest lap and” Pole position “.

The incidents in question include Max Verstappen’s pass to Lewis Hamilton for the lead outside Bahrain’s fourth corner at the season opener, whose pole position scoring lap at Portimão during qualifying last Saturday; and the Dutchman drove the fastest lap of the race on Sunday.

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