Poll: Official 2023 Australian Grand Prix Race Thread - Albert Park, Melbourne - Race 3/23

[englishpremier]

I haven't checked the stats going back to the from the early-mid 90s but I don't think red flags or safety cars have become more common.

I remember there being many races where you'd get possibly two red flags just at the start with drivers sprinting back to the pits to get in the spare car. There also used to be more mechanical breakdowns which would case SC or flags.

 

[Mr Jack]

I remember there being many races where you'd get possibly two red flags just at the start with drivers sprinting back to the pits to get in the spare car. There also used to be more mechanical breakdowns which would case SC or flags.

Good point. The first lap pile-up followed by reset with half the drivers in a spare car used to be a staple of F1.

 

[cuke2u]

Yep, Belgium 1998 to raise one example. Brundle in Australia 1996 another...

 

[Jono8]

I haven't checked the stats going back to the from the early-mid 90s but I don't think red flags or safety cars have become more common.

I remember there being many races where you'd get possibly two red flags just at the start with drivers sprinting back to the pits to get in the spare car. There also used to be more mechanical breakdowns which would case SC or flags.

I'm certain we get more safety cars now. A safety car is pretty much brought out for anything now. That didn't use to be the case.

 

[Mr Jack]

I'm certain we get more safety cars now.

There's a list here. I cannae be bothered to count, but at a glance it doesn't seem to have changed much since 2000. Red flags, on the other hand do seem to be more common now.

 

[Jono8]

There's a list here. I cannae be bothered to count, but at a glance it doesn't seem to have changed much since 2000. Red flags, on the other hand do seem to be more common now.

How can you say that?Are we looking at the same data?

90's to early 2000's there were far less per season

12 in 2017
13 in 2018
9 in 2019
12 in 2020
15 in 2021
7 in 2022


Compared to:

95 -1
96 - 2
97 - 2
98 - 4
99 - 4
2000 - 6
2001 - 6
2002 - 3
2003 - 4
2004 - 3



It went from being, what about 3/4 on average to more like ~11/12 on average!!!

 

[Hawk Tuah]

It's almost like the sport is taking safety seriously.

 

[Mr Jack]

How can you say that?Are we looking at the same data?

90's to early 2000's there were far less per season

Because I didn't count - I looked at 2000 and 2001 and saw 6 and 7 in 2022 (with more races) - thanks for counting, that's clear

 

[Emlyn_Dewar]

It's almost like the sport is taking safety seriously.

Almost. Throwing red flags for the show, in the name of safety. It'd be genius, if people were buying it.

 

[cuke2u]

Ferrari's appeal rejected
BBC News - Carlos Sainz: Ferrari have Australian GP penalty appeal rejected

Carlos Sainz: Ferrari have Australian GP penalty appeal rejected

Ferrari's attempt to overturn the penalty imposed on Carlos Sainz at the end of the Australian Grand Prix is rejected.

www.bbc.co.uk

 

[Mr Jack]

Ferrari's appeal rejected

Good. I actually think Sainz was completely right that they shouldn't have penalised him like that, but if they start opening up appeals on penalties given during the race that is a can of worms I don't want to see opened.