It sounds like a plan...
The problem wasn't that one human being made mistakes. He was put in a role where mistakes were inevitable. The volume of data and video available has exploded in recent years, communications channels have opened up, and the number of races has increased. The pandemic then introduced many new circuits, and compressed the season, which putting constraints on international travel: the perfect storm of more preparation being needed, and less time to complete it. Clearly too much for the travelling and ever-changing team to manage and give consistent decisions.
- the remote 'back office' team will be better able to provide consistent views on video and data to stewards and race directors
- having two race directors will allow one to prepare ahead for the next race, while the other race director manages the live weekend
And for good measure the farce of Spa running behind a safety car now can't be repeated - two laps need to be raced for an event to award half points.
I'm sure that we'll still have ex-drivers disagreeing with decisions - the line between hard racing and breaking the rules will be as fine as ever. Let's hope it's less of a moving target this coming season - and that procedures are applied with some predictability.
Will
