Monaco Grand Prix 2010, Monte Carlo - Race 6/19

Glaucus · 18 May 2010 at 15:21

Best that could be achieved, the rule will be revised, which is why Mercdes aren't appealing. As the penalty can not be changed.

Glaucus · 18 May 2010 at 15:24

nope, but will be shortly.
Just found out today I didn't get a job I applied for. So now I need to get it moved from my parents to my house. So I can start stripping it down again.

Glaucus · 19 May 2010 at 13:51

EVH said:
Not that it matters now, but in the future I wonder how many people will even attempt a last lap passing move because of this terrible ruling.

The rules are going to be sorted/clarified. So it won't happen again. well hopefully not on this rule anyway. Which is why Mercedes aren't appealing. As the punishment can not be reversed. So they have got the best outcome they can get.

Glaucus · 19 May 2010 at 15:03

yes and the problem with that is?

Glaucus · 20 May 2010 at 00:10

Longbow said:
This is the rule that needs sorting out though.

not really, it is instead of a drive thru penalty. You can not reverse a drive through penalty. So it's not as silly as it first looks.
Other punishments can be reversed.

Glaucus · 20 May 2010 at 08:14

stockhausen said:
Of course a drive through penalty can be reversed.

You can work out how long it takes for a car to drive through the pits, deduct that time from the driver's overall time and if the driver ended up getting caught up in traffic, based on the comparative lap times you can easily calculate what position the wrongly punished driver would actually have finished. A half-way competent statistician armed with Excel® could do this easily

I hope thats a joke.