F1 2023 Discussion
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If you had to sum up McLaren’s position right now with one word, what would you say?
My suggestion: Pain
My suggestion: Pain
Nothing like assessing the penalty after giving him the 3rd place trophy.I was thinking the same. Kudos to Max and RB - that car flys.
For sure think RB 1 2 each race is not a crazy idea right now. Could be a long boring season.
Also sucks Alonso lost the podium like that
The pit stop penalty coming that late is dumb. If they missed it during the race they missed it, clarify the rule and move on.
Edit: Apparently they did revert the penalty and Fernando gets his podium back, what a mess
Edit: Apparently they did revert the penalty and Fernando gets his podium back, what a mess
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Was the original penalty put in for the the jack touching the car? Not sure why that isn’t a penalty. Not supposed to touch the car until the 5 seconds are up.
Sounds like maybe there was miscommunication with the team or something? Don't know, but anything touching the car should be a penalty, but they should also communicate that penalty much faster than they did.
Exactly. They also issued this same penalty against Ocon recently and that wasn’t withdrawn
I guess the FIA document says presumably Aston Martin showed them other times when touching the car with the jack wasn't penalized. Regardless, it seems the way forward should be no touching the car, would be the easiest way to police it and it'd be clear what the expectations are.
FIA should confirm to the teams within a reasonable time frame if a time penalty has been successfully served or not.
They had 35 laps to make the decision. For them to do it after the race was stupid.
The Red Bull cars are stupid right now. The other thing that amazes me is how much better those Honda engines have gotten since Alonso called them a GP2 engine.
Going to be hard for Red Bull to switch to Ford engines in 2025 the way the Hondas are doing.