Sainz as well.Should be Bottas. Perfect race.
How was it dumb?So Merc sacrificed a 1-2 for the sake of equality... Admirable in a way, but incredibly dumb in another. Nice drive from Bottas anyway.
Hope we get more drivers calling out the stewarding post-race like Max did in his interview.
He is hypocrite but who doesnt? He should be the last person who get angry with this new hard driving.Irony at Max complaining about Leclerc hitting him, he's done the same shit plenty of times
In hindsight, he should go to Mclaren if not the big 3 but he get handsome pay out at least.Ricciardo in a non competitive Renault is just sad, dude has so much to give entertainment wise.
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He's being vastly overpaid there, not sure what they were thinking to pay him so much instead of improving their middling car.Ricciardo in a non competitive Renault is just sad, dude has so much to give entertainment wise.
Did back in 2004 when we had two part single lap dash for cashCould they just move qualification into Sunday altogether? Much more interesting this way.
Not 'equality'. They effed Bottas multiple times. They just didn't want another fiasco like the Singapore one.So Merc sacrificed a 1-2 for the sake of equality... Admirable in a way, but incredibly dumb in another. Nice drive from Bottas anyway.
Hope we get more drivers calling out the stewarding post-race like Max did in his interview.
5 seconds for the collision with Max seems about right, same as Vettel/Bottas from France a few years back. The second one is interesting, race director apparently talked to Ferrari on lap 2 and got told he was coming in so didn't throw the black and orange flag only for Ferrari to change their minds when the debris fell off and hit Hamilton's car. They were then going to leave him out for longer but got told he had to pit by the race director. On the one hand, the race director is a sodding idiot for taking their word and not throwing it regardless of their claims but it certainly puts Ferrari in a worse light. Lucky to get just 10 seconds and a 25k team fine considering the stewards pointed out that he could have pitted on lap 1 and they acknowledged how close it was to a "major incident" with Hamilton.Charles Leclerc handed a 15 second time penalty for his collision with Max Verstappen, and driving his car in an unsafe condition.
Spot on , he should have got it during the race IMHO.
I think Leclerc was pretty close to a Black Flag , it would have been warranted I think.5 seconds for the collision with Max seems about right, same as Vettel/Bottas from France a few years back. The second one is interesting, race director apparently talked to Ferrari on lap 2 and got told he was coming in so didn't throw the black and orange flag only for Ferrari to change their minds when the debris fell off and hit Hamilton's car. They were then going to leave him out for longer but got told he had to pit by the race director. On the one hand, the race director is a sodding idiot for taking their word and not throwing it regardless of their claims but it certainly puts Ferrari in a worse light. Lucky to get just 10 seconds and a 25k team fine considering the stewards pointed out that he could have pitted on lap 1 and they acknowledged how close it was to a "major incident" with Hamilton.
Racing Point have put in a protest about Renault using an automatic brake bias system, would be Ricciardo's luck to fight back to P7, get promoted to P6 due to Leclerc and then get disqualified because Renault remain masters at shooting themselves in the foot.
Quite agree. The infringements were perfectly obvious during the race and it seems to me to not have the same impact on the driver when imposed after. Maybe the stewards wanted to talk to him.Charles Leclerc handed a 15 second time penalty for his collision with Max Verstappen, and driving his car in an unsafe condition.
Spot on , he should have got it during the race IMHO.
Ripped off Hamiltons mirror. Imagine if it hit his body instead.
I dunno, I just watched the rerun and it was bizarre. Seb moving triggers the others- only thing I can guess is he clearly got no advantage from it.So what is the rule on false starts? Ok to move as long as you come to a complete stop again, behind your line, before the lights change?
Apparently there is a jump start sensor on the car, but it was not triggered ??I dunno, I just watched the rerun and it was bizarre. Seb moving triggers the others- only thing I can guess is he clearly got no advantage from it.
Some movement inside your line/box/whatever is allowed as long as the car is completely still when the lights go out, which was the case here.So what is the rule on false starts? Ok to move as long as you come to a complete stop again, behind your line, before the lights change?
Good to know. ThanksSome movement inside your line/box/whatever is allowed as long as the car is completely still when the lights go out, which was the case here.
Effectively works no different to a driver pulling up to their pitbox at the end of the warm up lap as effectively, the start sequence starts at the start of the warm up lap, not when the lights come on. As long as they are within the confines of the box and not moving when the lights go out, no false start.Good to know. Thanks
That’s great to hear because I couldn’t believe they weren’t initially going to investigate it when it was so obvious.Charles Leclerc handed a 15 second time penalty for his collision with Max Verstappen, and driving his car in an unsafe condition.
Spot on , he should have got it during the race IMHO.
Yep, but still kept going, ridiculous from the stewards not to do something at the time.Ripped off Hamiltons mirror. Imagine if it hit his body instead.
I don't understand how they let off Ferrari so easy for LeCleric's damaged car. I was watching the highlights and it looked so dangerous. We are extremely fortunate that a driver did not suffer serious damage from that....