Hamilton and Leclerc disqualified from US GP, Sargeant scores first F1 point
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Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton and Ferrari's Charles Leclerc have been thrown out of the results of the United States Grand Prix.
  • JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world
    83·
    2 years ago

    Yes, by having a parc ferme from Friday morning on a bumpy track that’s been patched like a quilt. When you have a 50% fail rate from more than one team…

    • TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      48·
      2 years ago

      You can’t just extrapolate a datapoint from 4 to 20 and expect to keep the fail rate constant. I don’t exactly like the sprint format either, but this is not exactly a good argument to scrap it.

      • MacPathfinder@lemmy.world
        72·
        2 years ago

        On a sprint weekend where the plank gets 19 more laps of abuse than an average race? Yes, yes you can.

        • TheBlue22@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          55·
          2 years ago

          Teams knew that it would be a sprint weekend. Teams knew Austin is bumpy as hell. Teams therefore knew that the floor would get 19 more laps of abuse.

          Mercedes has already admitted fault and I doubt either them or ferrari will appeal this. It was their mistake.

          I like shitting on FIA as much as the next guy, but why shit on them for stupid reasons?