FIA faces F1 driver fury at Qatar GP over changes amid safety concerns at track

The FIA has admitted Formula 1 driver anger is "understandable" after a short-notice change to the Qatar Grand Prix track amid safety worries.

Having identified 'pyramid' kerbs as the likely cause, the FIA chose to paint the track to narrow turns 12 and 13 by around 80cm to stop drivers from driving over the particularly abrasive parts of those kerbs in that section of the track too often. Many drivers felt they should have been consulted over the potential changes, even if it was for a safety concern. And the FIA's single seater director Nikolas Tombazis has conceded that he has some sympathy for the drivers.

"We did consider modifying the kerbs but from the time we had last night, very late at night, to today, it would not have been possible. There were not one or two single kerbs, it was quite an extent – they would have had to have been filed-off and that's very hard concrete, that would not have been possible.

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