You know damn well if that was Max, RB would have figured it out by qualifying but since its Checo their response is ‘we dont see anything on the data to suggest a problem’
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Im not saying theyre sabotaging Checo, but merely that they favor Max, and will bend over backwards to make/keep him happy
That was a crazy start, boring middle, and a crazy finish. Of course I picked a 3 red flag race to stay up for.
Glad I recorded this one instead of staying up late night hahaha
I watched half, recorded the rest, woke up this morning and realized my dvr didn’t record the last safety car lap, just googled results. I was stoked for Haas. Then F1 tried to figure out what the rules were, which apparently they make up on the fly.
They actually followed the rules to a T. It was the announcers who kept throwing out all of this speculation on other ways the race could end. It’s the same rules that they followed at Silverstone last year, only that was at the beginning of the race. If a red flag comes out, before all cars have passed sector 1, the order reverts to the previous lap.
I just think for safety sake, they need to take a look at doing standing restarts after red flags. I know it’s not as exciting as the grid restart, but it seems a rolling restart, would cause a lot less chaos. Especially at that point in the race, when you know a lot of guys are going to take some chances to move up spots for the final lap.
Agreed, it benefits some more than others but the rules were applied correctly it seemed.
They’re lucky if they get through a single standing start. Doing it when everyone is desperate with cold tires and hot brakes is always going to go this way.
I felt bad for Sainz. I don’t think it’s the wrong call but those two corners were a free for all and he’s the only one who got penalized.
The Indy race today was shaping up to be an epic ending until Grosjean crashed and the final lap didn’t get to play out. Darn it
I finally finished watching the race. The F1 TV commentators did a great job of calling exactly what the rules were and what would go down on the restarts right after the red flags happened.
Still was an amazing last ~50 laps. Glad they got Texas figured out.
Maybe I need to go back and watch then. I always ignore the Texas race because it's usually terrible.
