Rosberg: 2022 needs clearer overtaking rules

Nico Rosberg believes F1 needs to tighten overtaking rules next year to make it clear to drivers from the start of 2022.

Drivers and experts agree that there needs to be more clarity on overtaking and that at the end of the season, if a driver completes overtaking off the track, the position must be returned to the other drivers. This was particularly evident in Abu Dhabi after Lewis Hamilton and Max Verstappen met at Turn 6 on the first lap. Hamilton veered off the track, cutting straight to stay ahead of the curve, sparked a debate about whether he should return the lead to Verstappen. The race ultimately decided that there was no need to investigate the incident, but Rosberg believed that having clearer rules would benefit fans, experts and drivers.

The former Mercedes driver called on the fiafa's new president, Mohammed bin Sulayem, to address the issue.

He said in an interview: "Of course, I have a lot of respect for Jean Todd's career, but now there is a new person and this is an opportunity and the sport needs to progress, from wheel-to-wheel action, from all overtaking. Let's not forget that in the race in Abu Dhabi, on the first lap, Max Verstappen overtook Lewis and squeezed him a little out, and Lewis went all out and cut a short way to continue to take the lead. Even so, all of our experts say Lewis should give up the position to Max, but they didn't ask him to do so. ”

Rosberg believes that maintaining consistency in racing rules will help make the sport more accessible. "If the sport is easier to understand, then it's better for this Games," he said. Also in wheel-to-wheel racing, now who's right and who's wrong, what needs to be done, we need to make decisions quickly, we need to get rid of all these arguments, it's important. ”