LEWIS Hamilton said Formula One’s racing rules were unclear after Red Bull’s championship leader Max Verstappen went unpunished for defensively forcing him off the track in Brazil last weekend.
The seven-time world champion said a lengthy drivers’ meeting with race director Michael Masi at the Qatar Grand Prix provided no clarification on overtaking and what would be seen as ‘hard and fair racing’ and what would be penalised.
“No. It’s not clear. Every driver I think, except for Max, was asking about it just for clarity.
But it wasn’t very clear,” Hamilton told reporters.
“It’s still not clear what the limits of the track are. It’s clearly not the white line any more, when overtaking. So we just go for it.
“We just ask for consistency. So if it’s the same as the last race then that should be the same for all of us in those scenarios.”
Hamilton, who had to run completely off track at Interlagos as Verstappen defended against an overtaking move by braking late and also going wide, said there was no assurance on consistency.
