Should have got a penalty for skipping the chicane though, so ended up the right way round, even if that robbed Lewis of 2nd.
Poll: Official 2025 Miami Grand Prix Race Thread - Miami International Autodrome - Race 6/24
- Thread starter chrismscotland
- Start date
- Status
Should have got a penalty for skipping the chicane though, so ended up the right way round, even if that robbed Lewis of 2nd.
A sprint race has no business making people pit - that’s my attitude. The tyres shouldn’t deg, it should be wet. It should be full beans for 15-20 laps with no holding back.
- Joined
- 16 Jul 2009
- Posts
- 9,325
- Location
- Edinburgh
Sorry that's absolutely bonkers. If the weather changes you shouldn't be going around on the wrong tyre.
No no.. as I said before it should be a dry race if they want to call it a proper sprint. The clue’s in the name.
PS: I don’t really like sprints and would happily see the back of them anyway.
- Joined
- 16 Jul 2009
- Posts
- 9,325
- Location
- Edinburgh
Agree on sprints, they're utterly dire.
Sprint doesn't mean it isn't wet/dry/hail/snow, it means a fast, short race.
Soldato
- Joined
- 19 Oct 2010
- Posts
- 3,160
Such a shame they decided to make it rain rather than leaving it dry.
Having watched this a few times now, it's obvious that Kimi's reaction almost certainly saved half of the Merc pit crew from serious injury or even worse.
This isn't the first time there have been unsafe releases and defo not the first unsafe release from RBR.
In my view, the certain knowledge that at some point an unsafe release is going to cause deaths amongst pit crews, should not be a time penalty or a fine...................but should actually be an instant disqualification............no if's no buts.
Associate
- Joined
- 9 May 2022
- Posts
- 2,391
- Location
- London
Do we think Piastri cut the chicane on purpose prior to pitting ? Without cutting it Norris would have had a very good chance of overtaking him with DRS the following straight.
Quite clever if it was, he not only pulled a gap from it, he also got a way better exit onto the straight.
Quite clever if it was, he not only pulled a gap from it, he also got a way better exit onto the straight.
Last edited:
I did think that, I imagine Mclaren pitwall had the mind set of 'Whoever gets to the pit entry first, gets the slicks first'
Associate
- Joined
- 9 May 2022
- Posts
- 2,391
- Location
- London
Watching the replay there was debris on the racing line, not intentional looking at that.
Last edited:
I don't think that's necessary, the problem is that their constant leniency encourages them to take risks. They must penalise near misses.
I don't think he did it on purpose but I do think that kind of thing should be penalised automatically. Clear advantage gained. Didn't matter in the end, thankfully.
Soldato
- Joined
- 15 Oct 2003
- Posts
- 16,166
- Location
- Chengdu
If only he'd let him by to gain pit preference, would have won.
A release is either safe or unsafe. When looked at from any point of view, an unsafe release by it's very nature could result in serious injury or death to either pit crews or drivers.
The only penalty that will actually keep any team fully on the ball is the certainty of disqualification. This is serious stuff, drivers may well be and are prepared to risk their own lives...........................i doubt very much that pit crews are. They are not aircraft carrier deck crews, who know full well they are risking their lives every time an aircraft lands on deck.
I’m sure you understand my point though. They arbitrarily decide where the sprints are held. They may as well only run them at the desert despot circuits where the DTS fans can see the cars go “vroom” more times for their insta pages and it’s a 0% chance of rain
Yeah would love to see a proper angle of it. I guess it’s fairly moot now though.
I think the yellow line is there as a guide for the driver and is also where the sensor is. The rules though are that the front tyres must not have contact in front of the white line. Max playing the rules as usual. That said, so did Sena, Schumacher, Mansell and Alonso on many starts.
- Status