FIA looks to prevent a repeat of Red Bull's 'cheating' with Checo Prez

One of the most talked about incidents at the Japanese Grand Prix was the double retirement of Checo Perez.

A situation not seen in F1 in the recent past and one that even the race director was completely baffled by.

Steps will be taken to ensure that such a scenario does not happen again, although the Red Bull team has been tremendously adept at turning a problem into a future solution.

The Mexican driver broke his front wing in a collision with Hamilton at the start, forcing him into the pit lane.

A few laps later, a nasty clash with Magnussen forced him to retire the car and accrue a five-second penalty.

As Checo was not going to be back in the race, the penalty was likely to be carried over to the next race in Qatar. But Red Bull still had the best card in its hand.

A car doesn't retire until it tells the race director and Red Bull didn't do that.

Red Bull's masterstroke

As the laps went by, the Austrian team decided to send Checo back on track, where he had been lapped for six times by race leader Max Verstappen.

Two laps later, he returned to the pit lane, served the five-second penalty and ensured a clean start for Qatar in two weeks' time.

All this with the prior approval of the FIA, although the FIA does not want a repeat of this situation.

From the paddock in Japan it's rumoured that the FIA is going to block this loophole for future races, in order to avoid penalties that have no sporting effect whatsoever.

Red Bull is once again proving that both on and off the track, they are currently unrivalled.

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