โฒ 81 โผ Carlos Sainz handed โridiculousโ 10-place grid penalty after drain cover crash at Las Vegas Grand Prix (news.yahoo.com) submitted 2 years ago by Microw@lemm.ee to c/formula1@lemmy.world 16 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[โ] cybersandwich@lemmy.world 12 points 2 years ago (1 child) Just make an exception. Have the teams weigh in. rigid rules break the sport. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Don't remember any calls for Haas or Williams getting an exception. It's also not as simple as granting an exception and washing your hands. Granting an exception creates a precedent. Especially as those rigid rules are what makes this a sport. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Sentau@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago Well russell had far less damage in 2019 so he did not get a penalty. No expectation needed in that case. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) There should be a precendent! If something comes off the track and damages a car through no fault of the team, they should be able to repair. Why penalize the driver for an environmental condition. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Microw@lemm.ee [S] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) A drain cover famously destroyed Ricciardo's car a few years ago. Not sure what they did back then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Drain cover incidents are nothing new (sadly) but history seems to fall to two categories: incidents with not as much damaged and requiring no restricted parts, or ones that happened during the race with no opportunities for repair anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Sentau@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago When was this. I seem to have forgotten this incident permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] GeneralEmergency@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (2 children) Don't remember any calls for Haas or Williams getting an exception. It's also not as simple as granting an exception and washing your hands. Granting an exception creates a precedent. Especially as those rigid rules are what makes this a sport. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] Sentau@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago Well russell had far less damage in 2019 so he did not get a penalty. No expectation needed in that case. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) There should be a precendent! If something comes off the track and damages a car through no fault of the team, they should be able to repair. Why penalize the driver for an environmental condition. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Microw@lemm.ee [S] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) A drain cover famously destroyed Ricciardo's car a few years ago. Not sure what they did back then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Drain cover incidents are nothing new (sadly) but history seems to fall to two categories: incidents with not as much damaged and requiring no restricted parts, or ones that happened during the race with no opportunities for repair anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Sentau@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago When was this. I seem to have forgotten this incident permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Sentau@feddit.de 4 points 2 years ago Well russell had far less damage in 2019 so he did not get a penalty. No expectation needed in that case. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) There should be a precendent! If something comes off the track and damages a car through no fault of the team, they should be able to repair. Why penalize the driver for an environmental condition. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [โ] Microw@lemm.ee [S] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) A drain cover famously destroyed Ricciardo's car a few years ago. Not sure what they did back then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Drain cover incidents are nothing new (sadly) but history seems to fall to two categories: incidents with not as much damaged and requiring no restricted parts, or ones that happened during the race with no opportunities for repair anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Sentau@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago When was this. I seem to have forgotten this incident permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Microw@lemm.ee [S] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children) A drain cover famously destroyed Ricciardo's car a few years ago. Not sure what they did back then permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [โ] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Drain cover incidents are nothing new (sadly) but history seems to fall to two categories: incidents with not as much damaged and requiring no restricted parts, or ones that happened during the race with no opportunities for repair anyway. permalink fedilink source parent [โ] Sentau@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago When was this. I seem to have forgotten this incident permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] CaptDust@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 years ago Drain cover incidents are nothing new (sadly) but history seems to fall to two categories: incidents with not as much damaged and requiring no restricted parts, or ones that happened during the race with no opportunities for repair anyway. permalink fedilink source parent
[โ] Sentau@feddit.de 1 point 2 years ago When was this. I seem to have forgotten this incident permalink fedilink source parent