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Carlos Sainz handed โ€˜ridiculousโ€™ 10-place grid penalty after drain cover crash at Las Vegas Grand Prix (news.yahoo.com)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/formula1@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] 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.

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  • [โ€“] [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

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  • [โ€“] 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.

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