Poll: Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2021, Yas Island - Race 22
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If they red flagged the race surely that would be another talking point as they are usually shown for if it will take a long time to restore the safety of the circuit or really bad racing conditions, none of which were really valid. It would have been valid grounds for Merc to question that too as it brings Max right back next to Lewis even though Lewis was way ahead.
Masi didn't need to red flag the race. It wasn't warranted. Safety Car was all that was needed, and once the Safety Car is deployed, it's deployment and how the pack is managed is pretty clear in the rules. Those rules were not followed and Masi made up his own that gave an overwhelming advantage (intended or not) to Verstappen, and no one else.
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Think you missed my point, getting past torpedo Max while if both crash out Max would be crowned Champion. Not sure that’s such great odds.
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This all highlights a fundamental issue with the safety car, it is a tool to solve a specific problem but creates another. Namely that it nearly always disadvantages the leader. The obvious question is that why should back markers be removed for the benefit of some when the lead car has already had to navigate them? It is simply a dynamic of closed circuit racing.
If you read about it, you will notice that Masi had every right to make these type of decisions.
Its only not nice because Ham didnt win. Nobody would be complaining if the shoe was on the other foot.
If it had been the other way around and Lewis was gifted the win, I would feel it was a very hollow victory, this is from a massive Hamilton fan, I so wanted him to win but without a fair fight it's not right.
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He never focussed on one of the main issues. Why MM only let through some drivers, advantaging MV, disadvantaging LH and everyone else behind MV. He seemed to concentrate on why there was no red flag which was never on anyway.
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@koolpc I think that's a stretch. Not a Lewis fan by the way, Max neither to be fair. The FIA will mark their own homework no doubt, but is is clear that this loose interpretation of the rule means that F1 is now just entertainment masquerading as sport.
Thanks for sharing. Good info
It doesn't necessarily disadvantage just the leader though, if the rules are applied correctly (and if we weren't in a crazy period where p3 and backwards is always miles behind).
Yes, it puts them all back to square one essentially, but if the rules are followed then the teams know what to expect. However, only letting a select few cars unlap themselves does make it desperately unfair to some drivers. That is why it isn't in the rules and is clearly an absurd rule to just make up on the last lap of the title deciding race.
It's cute that people still think this is somehow some sort of debate with "for & against"
It isnt. There is no rule that says a select few drivers get to unlap themselves and not the rest, because that is quite clearly absurd and intensely unfair on those left lapped or left behind those that couldn't unlap themselves.
Masi's made up rule was for the sole benefit of Max Verstappen. It put him right behind Lewis AND without 3rd or 4th place behind for him to think about on the restart. It also completely ruins Mercs strategy call as it made the safety car period much quicker than expected had the rules been applied.
I just want Masi gone really.
There's no way he knew the **** show he was about to create and I doubt he knew the rules inside out enough to know he had a get out card when it kicked off.
He basically collapsed under pressure and has managed to bring the sport into disrepute while 7 million or so people watched.
The FIA won't admit he and by extension they got it wrong, but they can ask him to step down during the winter when the heat has passed.
There's no way he knew the **** show he was about to create and I doubt he knew the rules inside out enough to know he had a get out card when it kicked off.
He basically collapsed under pressure and has managed to bring the sport into disrepute while 7 million or so people watched.
The FIA won't admit he and by extension they got it wrong, but they can ask him to step down during the winter when the heat has passed.
It will be interesting to see if this some unlapped cars can pass and some not issue pops up again now they've created a precedent.
Making a living off of F1 the pundits aren't going to take a side or really go for it, I wouldn't if I were them.. but I'm not and it was a complete **** show. Are the rules in F1 reflected in any other FIA formulas? Someone somewhere has got to be taking a look at this and thinking nah **** that.
The fundamental issue with what happened yesterday is that the outcome of a race was chosen by someone in charging of upholding the rules, bending them.
F1 results are constantly changed by luck, bad calls, bad calls in hindsight and however many other things. Results shouldn't be changed by someone who had a very simple job doing it badly.
Hamilton had dominated the race and Masi made a decision which gifted the win to max. The rules are very clear on what he should have done and how he should have handled the situation.
He had 2 choices.
Follow the rules that should have been applied and Hamilton is very likely to have won the race that he has dominated.
Do something complete against the accepted rules and make it 98% sure that Max would take the win.
It was an easy decision to make and you have to ask why he made the wrong call. I would be astounded if there wasn't massive pressure on him to entertain at all costs even if that "drama" was a simple pass for Max that any driver on the grid would have made, let alone someone of Max's talents.
F1 results are constantly changed by luck, bad calls, bad calls in hindsight and however many other things. Results shouldn't be changed by someone who had a very simple job doing it badly.
Hamilton had dominated the race and Masi made a decision which gifted the win to max. The rules are very clear on what he should have done and how he should have handled the situation.
He had 2 choices.
Follow the rules that should have been applied and Hamilton is very likely to have won the race that he has dominated.
Do something complete against the accepted rules and make it 98% sure that Max would take the win.
It was an easy decision to make and you have to ask why he made the wrong call. I would be astounded if there wasn't massive pressure on him to entertain at all costs even if that "drama" was a simple pass for Max that any driver on the grid would have made, let alone someone of Max's talents.
That's what is so odd. The decision for him to make was quite simple. He just had to follow the rules and how a safety car restart happens in every other race.
Yes it meant the race ends under the safety car, but that's just how it is. You can't arbitrarily just turn the rule book on its head to artificially create another lap of racing.
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