However, the stewards did determine that current policing of track limits is “completely unsatisfactory” and demanded changes. Haas’ appeal was based on claimed track limits transgressions by several cars who finished ahead of theirs. The verdict added that track limits offences were “almost universally enforced” based on images from a fixed CCTV camera. Stewards found that the camera used to police track limits at Turn Six in Austin “did not meet [the required] standard”. All were claimed to have exceeded track limits at Turn Six on a number of occasions during the race but not penalised for it. The usual penalty for a series of track limits transgressions is five seconds added to a drivers’ race time.

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