Formula One: F1 clarifies blocking rule

Formula One bosses have changed the rules to prevent drivers ‘blocking’ a rival who is trying to pass them, according to BBC. The move was prompted by an incident involving Michael Schumacher and Lewis Hamilton in Italy last season. The new rule forbids drivers from moving back on to the racing line if they have moved off it to defend.  It is this that so incensed Hamilton about Schumacher’s driving in Monza. Schumacher’s Mercedes team received a number of warnings from race director Charlie Whiting when Schumacher blocked Hamilton.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 6^th, 2012.