How Ferrari’s sneaky pitlane swap exposed a rules blind spot
Ferrari took a chance when it enacted a pitlane swap in the Spa 6 Hours, a move that wasn’t against the rules but certainly provoked debate. It played the game to the rules, but a tightening up of the regulations is required to ensure it doesn't happen again
In football you play to the whistle; in motor racing you race to the rulebook. That’s what Ferrari did with its sneaky pitlane swap at the Spa World Endurance Championship round on Saturday. Allowing one of its cars to overtake the other in the pitlane isn’t prohibited in the regulations. Whether you think its actions were anywhere between unsporting and downright dangerous, the fact is Ferrari didn’t break any rules.
Ferrari and the AF Corse factory team did what they had to do at a crunch moment of the Spa 6 Hours. No criticism should be levelled at them in my mind. The rights and wrongs of its actions in terms of the dangers it may or may not have created is another question entirely.
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