{"id":895268,"date":"2026-09-17T11:50:21","date_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895268\/"},"modified":"2026-09-17T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2026-09-17T11:50:21","slug":"formula-1-news-stella-unsure-f1-should-change-vsc-rules","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/895268\/","title":{"rendered":"Formula 1 News: Stella unsure F1 should change VSC rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(GMM) McLaren team boss Andrea Stella (pictured) says Formula 1 should discuss whether Virtual Safety Car procedures can be made fairer after Lando Norris lost the Madrid GP through unfortunate timing \u2013 but he is not convinced the rules should actually change.<\/p>\n<p>Norris had just passed the pit entry when the VSC was deployed, leaving him unable to stop immediately while rivals behind could take advantage.<\/p>\n<p>Norris and several other drivers, including Max Verstappen, subsequently suggested F1 should at least examine whether such situations can be avoided.<\/p>\n<p>Stella agrees the issue deserves discussion through the <a href=\"https:\/\/api.fia.com\/sporting-commissions-and-committees\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Sporting Advisory Committee<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe as a Formula 1 community need to consider whether things should stay this way or whether a fairer solution can be found,\u201d said the Italian.<\/p>\n<p>But he is wary of removing too much unpredictability from racing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not sure myself whether we should create the same conditions on the track for all drivers \u2013 in this case, running the VSC for a full lap.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOr whether we should leave it in the hands of the gods, where sometimes you\u2019re lucky and sometimes you\u2019re unlucky.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Stella said McLaren will raise the subject, but he does not expect an immediate regulation change.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnless Formula 1 itself and the FIA push hard for a new solution,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut from a team perspective, I don\u2019t currently have a clear opinion on this.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"(GMM) McLaren team boss Andrea Stella (pictured) says Formula 1 should discuss whether Virtual Safety Car procedures can&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":895269,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[573],"tags":[64,63,817,813,816,85],"class_list":["post-895268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-formula-1","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-f1","tag-formula-1","tag-formula1","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=895268"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/895268\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/895269"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=895268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=895268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=895268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}