F1 News
Sausage kerbs not a big problem in France after all? Nothing during the race'
- GPblog.com
One of the topics of discussion at the French Grand Prix was the sausage kerbs at the exit of the second corner. Valtteri Bottas and Max Verstappen both damaged their front wings at the awkward sausage kerbs, which were there to keep the drivers inside the track. After Friday practice several drivers went to Michael Masi for an explanation.
The race director himself was clear at the time and looking back on the race weekend Masi reckons he made the right decision."There are probably a number of elements there. One was those kerbs were in place last time we were here in 2019. And secondly, they were over two metres from the edge of the track, so you had to be completely off the track to actually come in contact with them," Masi acknowledges to Motorsport.com.
No problems in the race
After the discussions on Friday night, Masi still had some doubts if there really were no adjustments that needed to be made."But they were reviewed on Friday night following the discussion at the drivers' meeting. I went and physically went to look at them at Turn 2, as much to satisfy myself that everything was correct."
"Having come off two street circuits at Baku and Monaco, it is quite clear there are physical limits there and it was the same in this circumstance. And, to be fair, during the race there were no issues at all," Masi acknowledged. In Austria, the kerbstones are likely to be a topic of conversation again, as they have often been called into question at the fast Red Bull Ring in recent years.