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Summary: The FIA defended Lando Norris's 10-second stop-and-go penalty at the Qatar Grand Prix for failing to slow under double-waved yellow flags, citing safety protocols. McLaren criticized the severity, as Norris dropped from second to last before recovering to 10th. The FIA also explained the delayed safety car deployment, noting initial debris posed minimal risk until worsened by a collision. Safety procedures, including a swap of malfunctioning safety cars, are under review. The race directorโ€™s expanded workload and governance issues added to scrutiny.

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[โ€“] Saff@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The safety car / red flag timings have been atrocious for years at this point. Itโ€™s like the control team arenโ€™t actually watching the main stream and are only using shitty cctv around the circuit or something.

Immediately after seeing the mirror in the middle of the main straight which is the main overtaking part of this track I called out they need a safety car for a marshal to get on and retrieve itโ€ฆ but they didnโ€™t. Then bottas hit it and spread debris everywhere, they still didnโ€™t safety car to sweep it all up. Then Hamilton and sainz got a puncture and it will took them like 2 mins to deploy the SCโ€ฆ.

I feel like maybe f1 could benefit from some sort of โ€œcode 60โ€ like zone that NLS and N24 have. A mandatory pit limit area of the track, allows the race to continue for a few mins while a marshal is on track, but keeps them safe still. That way you donโ€™t have a full neutralisation like a full SC, but itโ€™s much safer than a VSC for a person to climb over the barriers to retrieve debris.

[โ€“] donuts@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Yeah it was ridiculous. It was off the racing line but at the end part of a DRS straight, so there would be many drivers going off the line to overtake.

I thought the Norris penalty was a bit harsh. 10 seconds would be fine. Stop & go was extreme.

[โ€“] florge@feddit.uk 5 points 1 year ago

They could have even just mandated that everyone go through the pits for a lap