F1 Season 2021

[meltonblue]

Why not? It says any, not all. The RC can call in the SC on the last lap at their own descretion (there's a lot more into it that the FIA have used to justify it, though ut its too much to go into and doesn't change their defence), and Masi did. They wanted a finish under race conditions not yellow flags and worked their own rules to orchestrate it. Had Hamilton won would anyone be having this conversation about the safety car/gap reduction?

Because it says a message goes to all lapped cars initially so it contradicts itself and it’s clearly patently unfair on any lapped car behind Verstappen for a start.

I haven’t seen anywhere in the rules where the RC has discretion to override the specific rule.

On Hamilton, the time it would have taken to get all the lapped cars in front and then a subsequent lap before the safety car left would have had an impact on their decision whether to pit or not. They thought it was either the lapped cars would be between Hamilton and Verstappen or all would have passed, either of which would have led to a Hamilton win.

 

[KS55]

Umm no. Ask Toyota, Honda and BMW how their campaigns in the mid 2000s. You need more than money to be the best in F1.

Newcastle making the same mistake?

 

[hilts]

Why not? It says any, not all. The RC can call in the SC on the last lap at their own descretion (there's a lot more into it that the FIA have used to justify it, though ut its too much to go into and doesn't change their defence), and Masi did. They wanted a finish under race conditions not yellow flags and worked their own rules to orchestrate it. Had Hamilton won would anyone be having this conversation about the safety car/gap reduction?

Err no cause he didn't gain any advantage and was winning anyhow, daft point.

 

[Metal Biker]

I think that they assumed that the rules would be correctly applied. Fools eh?

F1 occassionally gets decided through bullshit like this and the FIA is always at fault when it does. The world was watching them and they got their grandstand finish, that was all they cared about.

 

[waspish]

I still think it was a mistake not to bring him in under the VSC. It was clear the Mercedes had the pace today.

Yeah agree would meant Hamilton would of been second and then we would hope the race director would do the same but we won’t know that he might of just kept the safety car out till the end and max still would of win and why it’s dangerous precedent having one man dictate in a moment how he feels or how has leaned on him harder for him to think to change racing rules.

 

[hello]

I still think it was a mistake not to bring him in under the VSC. It was clear the Mercedes had the pace today.

If max had track position it would have ended under flags

 

[KS55]

39.12 If the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the message "lapped cars can now overtake", has been sent to all teams via the official messaging system, any cars lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car.

Mesi has used the terminology of 'any' to justify only sending 5 lapped cars through rather than the whole field.

Really?

 

[homerdog]

Unfortunately it doesn't and the FIA's statement pretty much confirms that the term any means any, so the entire pack isn't required to pass the lead car. "Any does not mean all"

Bollocks!

 

[LongsightM13]

I don't see how any new fans would adore that race. If it was my first race I would think fuck this shit you get a big lead twice and have to give it up because 2 other drivers went off the track. It makes no sense.

Any sane sport would have the restart with all cars the same distance apart. It has always suffered from being too complicated or plain daft.

Yep, I dislike F1 but thought I would give it a look today as it was a rare sporting occasion.
Who knows, maybe I might have been converted?
For the reasons you mention, I was left confused and pissed off that I had wasted my time on such a farce.
Absolute fucking shite, won’t be back again

 

[Sir peace frog]

Drama. We are talking new fans with no real knowledge who just want entertainment. They got it.

they got confusion , they got a look at an unfair finish, they will think fuck that, whats the point