gav schrieb:
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> > and they're being pussies once again. Just put
> it in the rules already: "no driving in wet
> conditions"...
>
>
> I couldn't disagree more.
>
> It was undriveable before they went green and it
> was undriveable when they threw the first red when
> it rained again. Completely ignoring the track
> conditions themselves, if the camera can't pick
> out the car it is trying to track then the driver
> can't pick out anything - if a car had spun off on
> the straight then a following driver wouldn't be
> able to do anything to avoid them as they wouldn't
> even see them! This is what finished Pironi's
> career. Similarly there's Dino Morelli's horrific
> crash and also that of Tetsuya Ota (under safety
> car!) if you want examples from other formulae.
>
> There is absolutely zero point in running a
> session when you can simply pause the clock and
> wait until conditions improve - why just let the
> clock tick down as nobody would have gone back out
> and certainly not improved? It's not like the
> starts of races where the safety car stays out
> until inters are suitable (which is laughable in
> most instances). It would have been unnecessarily
> dangerous to carry on regardless.
I didn't say it was driveable all the time. But waiting until it's almost suitable for inters is ridiculous.
Morbid schrieb:
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> What? Half the grid were unable to get within the
> 107% rule of Rosbergs Q1 top time of 1m33.302s.
> That means in accordance with the rules, strictly
> interpreted, the following drivers would not take
> part in the race tomorrow: Daniel Ricciardo, Max
> Verstappen, Nico Hulkenberg, Valtteri Bottas,
> Sergio Perez, Jolyon Palmer, Felipe Massa, Kevin
> Magnussen, Marcus Ericsson, Pascal Wehrlein and
> Rio Haryanto. All of them would have been
> eliminated in Q3, not just for Q2 but for the
> race. So exactly how was Q3 run in a too cautious
> way, and in what way would a more aggressive
> approach have been beneficial to the sport? For
> heaven's sake, Massa one of the most experienced
> drivers on the grid, crashed on full wets, while
> he was not even pushing.
>
> I don't see how 11 cars in Q2, and less than that
> starting for the race is desirable.
Nice how you almost completely missed my point. At the point of my post/edit they were in Q1.
Talking about the point where the Force Indias were leading, Merc at the back, when the red flag came out. That order for the race would've been exciting.
Even if the times were spread like that at the end with half the grid out of 107%, I doubt they'd have them excluded from the race. Stewards' decision might be questionable from time to time, but even they wouldn't be that dumb to apply the 107% rule when changing conditions were in play. As far as I can remember they didn't even use it for the HRTs, which missed it a few times in completely dry sessions I think.
Yes, Massa is experienced. But imo he's everything but a good driver in wet conditions. Always expected him to struggle being on of the first on inters.
And Q3? I assume you meant Q1.
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