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I went for a shower and came back and still talking safety cars, special rules and red flags. Kind of pathetic from the leading broadcasterTed STILL sooking.
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I went for a shower and came back and still talking safety cars, special rules and red flags. Kind of pathetic from the leading broadcasterTed STILL sooking.
It’s a crane not a cherry picker
I don't think it would've mattered and it certainly wasn't shooting themselves in the foot as badly as normal but I think it was absolutely the wrong call to bring him in under the VSC to stick mediums on. Once they committed to it, it needed to be hard's. They were never going to be quick enough to stop twice and beat Max with him stopping once.Well that was one for the books - a whole race without a single "pasta gun" moment from Ferrari. When was the last time they went a whole race without shooting themselves in the foot? If anything, they were probably a bit unlucky not to have both drivers on the podium, as finishing behind the safety car almost certainly saved Russell from being overtaken by Sainz.
On the other hand, McLaren's deliberate sabotaging of Ricciardo, in favour of Norris, was entirely predictable. At least Hamilton & Sainz finished ahead of them, so Norris' net position change was nil after he botched the start. He started 3rd, blew the start, spent most of the race running in 7th in Ricciardo's DRS train - and finished 7th, despite McLaren sabotaging Ricciardo's position ahead of him.
I find most of them likeable as they get a seat.Nyck just seems like a quality dude and instantly likeable...which I haven't said about any new driver in ages.
This...I don’t know why they need to have a standing start if they did call a late red flag, should be a rolling start.
Surely the simple scenario is that laps under the safety car don’t count.
Be it start, middle or end of race.
They can work out refueling I’m sure.
Because thats not what Red flags are forThis...
Why is common sense out of the game?
Anyone could tell in 30 seconds of seeing Ric parked up they'd need a VSC at the very least and it would take time to clear.
So why not red flag it instantly, then bring everyone out behind the safety car for a rolling restart?
At least we get a finish.
Everyone gets a free tyre change in the pits under the red flag so it could be deemed fair.
It's such a boring way to finish a race.
For that matter its a horrible system that every little thing on a track can cause 5-8laps of a race being killed.
Well,to be fair....They haven't even got over 1994. The British NEVER forget lmao
I think they could easily determine if it’s going to be long under the safety car or just a 1 or 2 lap event.But if they decide they don't count then why even bother being out there?
Bring everyone in and wait for it to be cleared, then send them back out there.
Fixes the refueling issue.
It’s terrible, who cares about passing on the straight. Midfielders just get out of their way and don’t even put up a fight cos what’s the point. Would rather top teams start at the front & midfielders start in the midfield and at least we get battles between similarly places cars.I enjoy the better cars being penalised and starting back in the grid, get to see some passing but boy they can just motor past the rest of the field - top few teams are so far ahead of the rest it makes it a bit of a joke
Call it a purple flag or rainbow flag if you want then, who cares.Because thats not what Red flags are for
Red Flags are for when it is not safe for cars to proceed on track.
Call it a purple flag or rainbow flag if you want then, who cares.
Does anyone want to see 10-15 laps a race parading around a safety car that’s out there for wayyy too long, also ruining any strategy differences between teams and giving certain drivers an advantage
VSC for anything they think can be cleared within 2 laps, otherwise bring them in - no tyre changes allowed, clear the hazard and out for one lap behind the safety car to get some heat in the tyres and then off you go with the rolling start, if it’s a first lap safety car then standing start again.
Why be out on the track if you can’t race just burning critical laps. Surely RC can tell straight away how quick a stoppage is gonna be.