From: nuh-uh@nope.com   
      
   On 2024-11-03 20:48, ~misfit~ wrote:   
   > On 4/11/2024 10:39 am, pP85PrR wrote:   
   >> What an F'd up weekend.   
   >>   
   >> I realize that there has always been weather that has affected race   
   >> weekends, but this recent one is the worst I can recall. OK, maybe the   
   >> Spa non-race is up there. (And I've been a fan for a while.)   
   >>   
   >> As an aside, kudos to the race director for the unnecessary confusion   
   >> of abort/abandon.   
   >>   
   >> I'm afraid to check the news for penalties. I suspect it will be more   
   >> of a shitshow.   
   >   
   > I was so pissed off when the red flag was thrown. It seems that most of   
   > the field don't have the sense to use the supplied full wet tyres when   
   > it's fully wet! So, the race director decides it's too dangerous and a   
   > guy who stayed out, partly causing this danger, on 30 lap old   
   > intermediate tyres in a downpour is gifted a win?   
      
   The problem isn't that teams won't use the extreme wet.   
      
   The problem is that we've gotten to the point where the technology of   
   the cars combined with the extreme wet tires lets them work in   
   conditions that throw up so much spray that the drivers really can't SEE.   
      
   I've been out on a very wet track with far less technology and it can be   
   a challenge.   
      
   Just look at some of the in-car/on-car video from Brazil when it was   
   just the intermediate tires and imagine it even worse with extreme wet   
   tires.   
      
   I do think that the FIA needs to re-think the rules regarding tire   
   changes during red flag periods during a race, though.   
      
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