Trulli wants GPDA racing guidelines

Monday, 02 November 2009 17:35

Jarno Trulli wants the Grand Prix Drivers' Association to put together its own guidelines on racing etiquette to help the FIA stewards make appropriate judgements about incidents.

The Italian veteran was enraged with Adrian Sutil after their collision in Brazil - and their argument continued into the Abu Dhabi weekend, where they quarrelled in the Thursday press conference and Trulli brandished photographs of their tangle around the paddock.

But after Nico Rosberg also criticised the lack of penalties for other incidents and aggressive defensive moves at Interlagos, Trulli said the time had come for the drivers to agree a code of practice.

"I think we have to generally talk about safety inside the GPDA, that was the feeling of lots of drivers," he said.

"For me, the accident is over, and I don't have any problem with anyone.

"I think we really have to stick together and talk, and maybe give the FIA some guidelines in order to judge us better."

He reckons the current policy on how firmly drivers can defend their positions is too vague.

"We still have to understand the way to give enough space to another car when it is trying to overtake you," he said.

"One move or two moves? Do you have to stick to your line once you decide to move?

"If you want to change your line, and how soon you want to change your line before getting to the corner once you're braking... plenty of things need to be discussed.

"If we agree something, it's for our safety, but first we need to talk and then eventually the FIA can better understand the drivers' way of thinking."

Trulli reckons the FIA will benefit from the drivers' input on what is and isn't acceptable racing practice.

"The FIA can only get a look at what happened - they are not drivers and they can hardly judge what happened out there because they haven't been in the car," he said.

"I think we have to give some guidelines - this was not only my feeling, this was the feeling of several drivers."

He insisted his desire for clarification had not been motivated by his collision and row with Sutil.

"At the moment it seems like people tend to concentrate only on my accident because of what has been said, but I didn't come here to fight," Trulli said.

"It was only after I'd cooled down, I just tried to reflect and see if what happened was wrong or right, and to understand the anatomy of the accident.

"I think if you're a mature driver, you can talk with someone else and be cool, and without using bad words, but clearly that was not the case.

"For me the accident in Brazil is over and I don't have to bring up anything, but I think it's more that we need to meet and discuss several actions of other drivers."



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