{"id":296975,"date":"2023-10-24T09:24:30","date_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:24:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=296975"},"modified":"2023-10-24T09:24:30","modified_gmt":"2023-10-24T09:24:30","slug":"hamiltons-disqualification-shows-need-for-reform-says-martin-brundle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/racing\/f1\/hamiltons-disqualification-shows-need-for-reform-says-martin-brundle\/","title":{"rendered":"Hamilton&apos;s disqualification shows need for reform, says Martin Brundle"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s disqualification shows &#8216;we must make some changes&#8217; to the Sprint format, insists F1 legend Martin Brundle as Mercedes and Ferrari suffer for &#8216;strategy indecision&#8217;<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Hamilton finished in second behind Max Verstappen at Circuit of the Americas\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc was also disqualified from the race\u00a0for the same offence<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Why was Hamilton disqualified? Click HERE for more on the controversy<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s dramatic disqualification from the United States Grand Prix proves that the Sprint format needs to be changed, says F1 legend Martin Brundle.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The British racer, who has won a joint-record seven World Drivers&#8217; Championship titles, finished in second behind Red Bull&#8217;s Max Verstappen on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>However, just fours after the end of the race &#8211; he was told his car failed a physical floor and plank wear inspection by officials.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Ferrari&#8217;s Charles Leclerc was also found guilty of the same offence and was disqualified from his sixth-place finish.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, former racing driver turned broadcaster Brundle has claimed the Sprint format &#8216;must be changed&#8217; after Mercedes and Ferrari suffered from &#8216;strategy indecision&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76925429-12665117-image-a-1_1698135444142.jpg\" height=\"422\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Lewis Hamilton was disqualified after his car failed a post-race inspection by officials<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76925431-12665117-image-a-2_1698135447966.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Verstappen claimed the 50th victory of his career in Austin after yet another win this season<\/p>\n<p>The 64-year-old said: &#8216;There&#8217;s no doubt that the Sprint format events put the teams under a lot of pressure and overall, we don&#8217;t get particularly positive feedback from them.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;With just one practice session before the specification and set-up is locked in by Parc Ferm\u00e9 rules, especially at a relatively unknown circuit like Losail in Qatar, or a bumpy circuit such as COTA in Austin, this leaves them underprepared, which is far from ideal with such complex cars.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;And that&#8217;s assuming the first practice session has representative weather and they don&#8217;t have any reliability issues or accidents.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Brundle added that while he doesn&#8217;t like to see too much change with the format, there &#8216;must&#8217; be some changes ahead of next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s too much of a lottery which has far reaching consequences, as we would find out several hours after the Sunday GP.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Mercedes seemed reluctant to accept that and tried to eke out a longer first stint.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Ferrari didn&#8217;t change their minds for Charles Leclerc, and he went from pole position to sixth and that eventual disqualification. It was a dismal race day for him.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/24\/09\/76925555-12665117-image-a-3_1698135452260.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Former F1 racing driver Martin Brundle is pictured walking on the grid in Austin, Texas<\/p>\n<p>Among the suggested changes, Brundle proposed brighter painted lines on the track and a &#8216;touch more leeway&#8217;, which would help reduce the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Claiming his 15th race win in 18 attempts, Verstappen clinched the 50th victory of his F1 career in Austin, Texas, this weekend, edging out\u00a0Lando Norris as well as Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>However, several fans &#8211; many of whom supporters of the Dutchman&#8217;s Red Bull team-mate Sergio Perez &#8211; booed Verstappen as he headed to the podium to collect his trophy, which left his Brazilian model girlfriend Kelly Piquet unimpressed.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/formulaone\/article-12665117\/Lewis-Hamiltons-disqualification-shows-make-changes-Sprint-format-insists-F1-legend-Martin-Brundle.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lewis Hamilton&#8217;s disqualification shows &#8216;we must make some changes&#8217; 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