F1 Rules and limited number of parts

[bayo000]

Reason for this thread is the Hamilton & Verstapen crash but please don’t discuss it here as this is a general thought I already had a while back.


With teams/ drivers being limited to use set number of certain parts, should a driver involved in a crash that wasn’t his fault be allowed free replacement/ rebuild if one of those parts got damaged in the crash?


Maybe the extent of what team would be allowed to change/ repair could be tied to penalty that driver deemed to cause the accident was given.


And the other one that could make things a bit more interesting. If during the qualifying a driver impedes another driver’s lap. Should the driver whose lap was compromised have the option to switch grid position if the other driver qualifies higher?

 

[bayo000]

They get an extra 100k for major accidents in sprint races so no it's all been accounted for and set based upon crashes incurred during the year.

It's not about the money but more to do with potential grid penalties for going over the allowed number of parts.

 

[bayo000]

As I said it's nothing to do with money, that's for teams to manage, but a driver potentially getting a grid penalty later in the season for something that wasn't their fault to begin with.