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Renault warned FIA over marshals touching Hulkenberg's car

09:40, 02 Aug 2018

byBobby Vincent

Renault raised concerns to the FIA following marshals touching Nico Hulkenberg's car without using protective gloves in Hungary.

An electrical failure of Hulkenberg's RS18 forced the German to stop his car and it was potentially a risk to anyone who touched the car because of the electrical issues.

Hulkenberg got himself clear of the car as soon as he could, with risk of getting an electric shock.

Renault then noticed some of the marshals dealing with the car were not wearing protective gloves and alerted FIA race director Charlie Whiting.

"The marshals dived in straight away and started pushing the car," Renault's technical director Nick Chester told RaceFans.net.

"We got on the radio to Charlie and said 'look, we don't know what state the car's in because everything died completely and we have got no data'.

"But the marshals were already pushing it around by then. The lived, so it wasn't live..."

Chester then explained to RaceFans.net the lengths that his team goes through to make sure a car is safe following an electrical failure.

"When the guys get the car back and put all their rubber gloves on we secure the area so other people can't walk in, because other people don't know what they might be touching," Chester revealed.

"We make sure that the area is secure and once we've got the floor off and got in there we can start metering things to see what's live, what's left in the energy store and then you don't know what you're going to do from there."