ANother who shouldn't be in a seat he only is because of daddy.
Poll: Official 2024 Qatar Grand Prix Race Thread - Lusail International Circuit - Race 23/24
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ANother who shouldn't be in a seat he only is because of daddy.
Associate
Need to see all the yellow flag stuff again, it looked like a complete mess, surely Lando wasn't the only on not lifting there, it looked like there were people battling with DRS down in that area at a couple of points
Caporegime
Piastri summoned over a pit lane infringement during the reconnaissance laps.
Not lifting for yellows is a major offence.
Not lifting for yellows is a major offence.
Double waved yellows too.
Soldato
Quite, rightly so and has been for a while now, the stewards were correct as we saw from Lando's onboard camera.
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A penalty is clearly correct, in that Lando has unarguably driven flat out past double waved yellows.
What's a bit daft is that double waved is 'be prepared to stop' and Max lifting was about half a second earlier than he would have lifted for the corner, from a safety perspective, it's hard to argue the way either driver went through that sector was 'safe' really, they both absolutely flew through the sector. I'm sure others behind probably did too, even if they also did a split second early lift.
And then the flags / warning levels changed without the hazard changing, just puts a cherry on top of the nonsense.
What's a bit daft is that double waved is 'be prepared to stop' and Max lifting was about half a second earlier than he would have lifted for the corner, from a safety perspective, it's hard to argue the way either driver went through that sector was 'safe' really, they both absolutely flew through the sector. I'm sure others behind probably did too, even if they also did a split second early lift.
And then the flags / warning levels changed without the hazard changing, just puts a cherry on top of the nonsense.
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it wasnt a double yellow just a single
Soldato
Nice win for Max...
Lewis cant wait for the end of the season!
They should let his 2025 replacement drive next weekend..
Lewis cant wait for the end of the season!
They should let his 2025 replacement drive next weekend..
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It was double waved yellow
Associate
And then the safety car lights weren't working correctly on top of that
They lap they showed during the broadcast wasn't the one he was penalised for. That was lap 30, not 31. They were double waved yellows on the sign board and actual waved flags and he didn't life. McLaren team boss confirmed this.
Commissario
What an absolute joke of a race.
So much of the failure could have been solved with half a lap of VSC to recover the wing mirror. Would have been no safety cars, no punctures, no pit lane speeding, no safety car infringements, no screwed up safety car lights....
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Soldato
it was just mindblowing, they had FOUR laps deciding what to do about a large piece of debris on about the only part of the track people could try overtake on!
They should have made a decision on it in a lap or two tops.
They should have made a decision on it in a lap or two tops.
Soldato
A VSC would only have slowed the cars down whereas they needed to be bunched up and guided through the pit lane so a marshal could have retrieved the object. Only a full safety car could do that.
That decision was down to the race director and MBS has been busy sacking them all..
That decision was down to the race director and MBS has been busy sacking them all..
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Caporegime
It would have created a sufficient gap for a marshall to run on, I think. The largest gap was a bit under 20s, VSC would have put that up to about 30s and stopped any overtaking. They needed about ten, I reckon, although obviously you need a solid safety margin.