So, I’m not that mad that they’re enforcing track limits. The rule is the rule. Either change the rule, or give out the penalty. What really sucks is how delayed the penalties were.
With the amount of violations I think there was just too much for the stewards. Each violation needs to be checked and validated because you know the teams sure as hell will do so.
I don’t know how many people were doing the checks but let’s say a single check takes at least 10 seconds of “eyes on” time. They reported about 1200 violations. That’s 3,33 hours of only track limits violations. And I’m certain some of those checked took longer than 10 seconds. And that’s before you get into all the other checks that needed to happen like “Unsafe release”, “Forcing another driver off the track”, and “not serving a time penalty correctly”.For a track limits violation it’s super simple. White lines, keep at least one wheel within them. The fact that several drivers managed without a single violation means others were doing something wrong.
Agreed
This is ridiculous. They should really try to automate the detection process of when a car is going over the line so that penaltys can be handed out swiftly
Here’s the changes compared to the initial classification:
-Norris +1
-Alonso +1
-Sainz -2
-Russell +1
-Hamilton -1
-Stroll +1
-Gasly -1
-Zhou +2
-Ocon -2
-Bottas +1
-Piastri +1
-De Vries -2
-Magnussen +1
-Tsunoda -1
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Yess! Lando P4! I hope they keep the track the way it is next season. Makes for an interesting race.
This is wild. Lando P4 is cool.
Did Ocon ever drive on track?
The track feels too narrow for the cars these days, similar (but not to the extent of) Monaco. Unlike Monaco, there’s enough surrounding space to expand the width of the track.
It’s easy to stay in track limits, you just need to take the corners a little slower. That’s the whole point. If they keep enforcing it like this, the drivers will adjust and stop pushing those corners that hard.
What a shit show from race control this weekend. Over 1200 potential track limit violations should give them a spark to think about the whole situation. Imagine not checking the news after the race and be surprised next racing weekend what the hell happened…
I only just stumbled on this news by fluke.
What an absolute shitshow. They’ll need to gravel trap it.
Then they will have 5 safety cars and only 12 car finishes!
Happy for Lando but I’m not sure how he and Perez managed to avoid any penalties fair play to them
Aston martin casually improving 2 places with both drivers
