![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/max-verstappen-worried-f1-will-become-like-nascar-and-criticises-planned-rule-change/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_F1-Belgian-Grand-Prix-23210445516054.jpg&description=The FIA is developing ways to make it safer for F1 cars to go racing in heavy rain, but Red Bull racer Verstappen is not convinced their current solution idea will work Max Verstappen said it would be "a shame" if Formula 1 followed NASCAR's lead when it comes to racing in wet weather. It has become a significant talking point in recent months and been on the agenda for a couple of years. At the beginning of July, 18-year-old Dilano van't Hoff died in a Formula Regional race at Spa-Francorchamps, having been hit by another driver who could not see his stricken car in the middle of the track due to the thick spray. And it played a part when F1 visited the Belgium track late last month. The Sprint race was shortened and began behind the safety car after heavy downpours, so that standing water on the track could be removed by the cars themselves. The FIA has been looking at ways to tackle the problem. The solution it hopes will have a significant impact is the implementation of wheel covers which it has been testing, and which it hopes will dramatically reduce the amount of spray thrown up into the air by these F1 cars. But Verstappen is not convinced that they will be too effective, having had enough trouble at Spa just being behind the safety car, which already has covered wheels. "It's very difficult to solve these things. You will always suffer from it, and you will always have spray," said the Dutchman. "Wheel covers on a Formula 1 car won't make a big difference. The safety car also gave too much spray towards me. On the motorway you actually have the same problem. "When I used to drive Formula 3 and was in the midfield sometimes, I couldn't see anything either. It's always been like that. Just ask the older drivers in F1 too, they didn't see anything either." The Red Bull driver went on to compare F1's current predicament with the one facing NASCAR. Bosses of the American racing series have been reluctant to race on high-speed oval tracks in wet conditions, but){kind=link}
The FIA is developing ways to make it safer for F1 cars to go racing in heavy rain, but Red Bull racer Verstappen is not convinced their current solution idea will work
Max Verstappen said it would be “a shame” if Formula 1 followed NASCAR’s lead when it comes to racing in wet weather.
It has become a significant talking point in recent months and been on the agenda for a couple of years. At the beginning of July, 18-year-old Dilano van’t Hoff died in a Formula Regional race at Spa-Francorchamps, having been hit by another driver who could not see his stricken car in the middle of the track due to the thick spray.
And it played a part when F1 visited the Belgium track late last month. The Sprint race was shortened and began behind the safety car after heavy downpours, so that standing water on the track could be removed by the cars themselves.
The FIA has been looking at ways to tackle the problem. The solution it hopes will have a significant impact is the implementation of wheel covers which it has been testing, and which it hopes will dramatically reduce the amount of spray thrown up into the air by these F1 cars.