From: vintageapplemac@gmail.com   
      
   In article , ~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?   
      
   I mean, first of all, what an insanely entertaining freak-show of a race   
   weekend! It was crazy, maybe too crazy in honesty but mighty fun to devote   
   almost the whole weekend to watching.   
      
   To your point re tyres, at one point one of the Sky commentators (Crofty,   
   I think) remarked "It is undriveable out there", but all the drivers were   
   on inters while it was absolutely shagging it down with rain, I thought,   
   so of course it is! I'm not sure if there's anything that can be done   
   about drivers hanging their arses out on inters hoping for a red flag tbh.   
   Maybe the race director could issue a directive that conditions mandate   
   full wet and that all teams must box at the next opportunity? Knowing that   
   this call could be a possibility might encourage teams to box for wets at   
   their own choosing, maybe trying to judge it so they do so a lap or two   
   prior to the race director mandating it, so then teams that have tried to   
   stay out for an advantage then have to contend with a busy pit lane and   
   potentially double-stacking their cars?   
      
   I dunno, sounds a bit daft, but the current situation isn't much good,   
   either. And with the red flag giving teams a free pit stop, it needs   
   fixing. Surely easiest thing to do would be to add time to any driver who   
   had work done under the red flag? So, change tyres under red flag, plus 25   
   seconds to race time to account for the pit stop cost, changes tyres and   
   front wing, plus 40 seconds, and so on. Reflect what doing these under   
   normal race conditions would cost. Even better, add the time and then   
   re-order accordingly when getting the race restarted; take the track   
   positions at the last complete lap or sector and factor in the red flag   
   pit work time to move cars to the correct position had they pitted under   
   race conditions?   
      
   Max got very lucky, but he drove a great race and would, I think, have   
   been on the podium if not first anyway. Hats off to the guy. Shame it's   
   all over now bar the fat lady singing, though, would have been great to   
   see Lando take it to the wire.   
      
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