Dan Ticktum launches rant at stewarding after Mexico System E retirement

Dan Ticktum has launched an explosive rant on the stage of racing and stewarding at the moment in System E, claiming it’s “like rental kart hacks” after a disappointing begin to the marketing campaign.

The Kiro driver has failed to attain a degree within the 2025/26 season, regardless of ranging from the entrance row on the Sao Paulo opener, the place he suffered a puncture having been hit by the Mahindra of Nyck de Vries and later retired.

On Saturday in Mexico Ticktum was hit by Antonio Felix da Costa, who had additionally simply collided with Maximilian Gunther whereas defending from Nick Cassidy at Flip 5.

Stewards opted in opposition to giving any penalties as a result of it was “the results of a number of unlucky parts” and the preliminary contact between da Costa and eventual winner Cassidy was “too minor”.

The Briton subsequently strongly disagreed with the choice, including it was an analogous situation in Brazil which was headlined by numerous stoppages, together with a late crimson flag.

“I’ve been attempting to not hit my head in opposition to a wall,” mentioned Ticktum, who additionally had an incident with da Costa previous to the lap 25 conflict, on social media. “In my earlier story I mentioned one other fool may hit me and that’s precisely what occurred.

“I used to be working P5 or P6 on the time after a very good opening few laps, obtained hit, misplaced three locations – that driver didn’t obtain a penalty. I don’t perceive how one can be in a world championship when somebody simply crashes into the again of you and so they don’t get a penalty.

“The security automotive got here out for one more incident after which couple laps later there was one other incident down in Flip 5 and I used to be only a sufferer of it. That was my race over, [because I] had suspension injury.

“And now we have to get onto the new subject, which is the extent of stewarding, or lack of stewarding, in System E in the intervening time. I do know we’re not fairly F1, however we’re branded as a world championship.

“I can’t say an excessive amount of what occurs in driver briefings, however basically they mentioned from Sao Paulo that they flat out missed issues. We’re in a world championship, you possibly can’t be lacking issues because the FIA – it’s simply not adequate.

“Folks [are] simply getting away with far an excessive amount of and that’s simply resulting in the races being like rental kart hacks. Folks simply ship strikes, hoping for one of the best, individuals’s wings off right here and there and it’s simply chaos.”

His rookie team-mate Pepe Marti was concerned within the crash which brought about the Sao Paulo crimson flag, as he misjudged a full-course yellow name and hit the again of da Costa and Nico Mueller, sending the Kiro airborne and right into a roll.

Dan Ticktum, CUPRA KIRO

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Marti was subsequently penalised with a again row begin in Mexico, plus a 10-second stop-go for a whole powertrain change, however he in the end scored six factors with seventh place after launching a late comeback drive.

“I don’t need it to go too far the opposite manner and break the racing, however in the intervening time it’s not proper,” added the 26-year-old, who’s in his fifth season of the all-electric championship.

“My team-mate scored factors, good on him, however to sum up System E or the primary two rounds: he clearly had an infinite crash in Sao Paulo and that meant he needed to begin in the back of the grid and he had a stop-go penalty.

“I’ve certified second and sixth within the first two races and my team-mate is thrashing me within the championship.

“So you might as effectively not qualify, chill on the again, wait for everybody to crash into one another, save vitality and are available via from there. A really irritating begin to the season.”

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