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^Ouch!

I understand why FIA is doing this, but I fear that sooner or later we'll have a bad accident because of these rules.



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JEMC said:
^Ouch!

I understand why FIA is doing this, but I fear that sooner or later we'll have a bad accident because of these rules.

Ya this will be interesting that's for sure.

But really they had little choice but to do something like this, or go back on the radio ban altogether. Otherwise teams would just follow Mercedes' example in Silverstone and risk losing 1-2 spots rather than potentially losing significantly more.

Edit: And with the way the stewards take their time to allot those penalties, every race result would be uncertain for hours and hours after the actual race ends lol



Angelus said:
JEMC said:
^Ouch!

I understand why FIA is doing this, but I fear that sooner or later we'll have a bad accident because of these rules.

Ya this will be interesting that's for sure.

But really they had little choice but to do something like this, or go back on the radio ban altogether. Otherwise teams would just follow Mercedes' example in Silverstone and risk losing 1-2 spots rather than potentially losing significantly more.

Edit: And with the way the stewards take their time to allot those penalties, every race result would be uncertain for hours and hours after the actual race ends lol

The easiest, and probably safest, way to avoid what happened in Silverstone would be disqualifying the driver. With nothing to gain and everything to lose, there will be no reason to do it, unless it's completely necessary.



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JEMC said:
Angelus said:

Ya this will be interesting that's for sure.

But really they had little choice but to do something like this, or go back on the radio ban altogether. Otherwise teams would just follow Mercedes' example in Silverstone and risk losing 1-2 spots rather than potentially losing significantly more.

Edit: And with the way the stewards take their time to allot those penalties, every race result would be uncertain for hours and hours after the actual race ends lol

The easiest, and probably safest, way to avoid what happened in Silverstone would be disqualifying the driver. With nothing to gain and everything to lose, there will be no reason to do it, unless it's completely necessary.

That would be even less safe than what they're doing now. At least this way a communication will still give them a chance to finish and score points. If the price of communication is automatic disqualification, with no chance of correction, then teams will definitely avoid telling their drivers anything safety related unless its on the absolute brink, in the hopes that the race can somehow be salvaged. At least this way, measures can be taken that won't end your race.



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Angelus said:
JEMC said:

The easiest, and probably safest, way to avoid what happened in Silverstone would be disqualifying the driver. With nothing to gain and everything to lose, there will be no reason to do it, unless it's completely necessary.

That would be even less safe than what they're doing now. At least this way a communication will still give them a chance to finish and score points. If the price of communication is automatic disqualification, with no chance of correction, then teams will definitely avoid telling their drivers anything safety related unless its on the absolute brink, in the hopes that the race can somehow be salvaged. At least this easy, measures can be taken that won't end your race.

True, I don't know what I was thinking.

A five position penalty could be the sweetest spot. It's damaging enough to try to avoid it as much as possible but it's not the end of the race.



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Both McLaren in Q3,, that's kind of a miracle. Or rain. Will it rain tomorrow?

In any case

1-Ricciardo
2-Rosberg
3-Verstappen
DNF: Haryanto



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JEMC said:

Both McLaren in Q3,, that's kind of a miracle. Or rain. Will it rain tomorrow?

In any case

1-Ricciardo
2-Rosberg
3-Verstappen
DNF: Haryanto

BBC says it'll be dry with sunny spells...there's some showers nearby though so you never know!

1. Riccardo

2. Hamilton

3. Rosberg

DNF: Massa



 

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Conegamer said:
JEMC said:

Both McLaren in Q3,, that's kind of a miracle. Or rain. Will it rain tomorrow?

BBC says it'll be dry with sunny spells...there's some showers nearby though so you never know!

Thanks.

If it's a dry race I doubt Red Bull will be on top. The Mercs were half a second faster yesterday.



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Took them a while but they're now investigating Nico's pole lap