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Should have fully exited the paddock by then.Unsurprisingly Sainz and Perez have been summoned to the stewards in 30 mins
Should have fully exited the paddock by then.Unsurprisingly Sainz and Perez have been summoned to the stewards in 30 mins
To be safe, penalize everyone!View attachment 1389307
Stewards are busy
Surely overtaking under VSC is a slam dunk penalty?To be safe, penalize everyone!
To me Sainz move wasn't erratic or unpredictable, he came across, but gradually. Obviously there was overlap, but Perez just didn't react to it at all
Pretty much what I said.although Sainz did drift to the left, the movement was minimal, and not spontaneous, with Perez deciding he will stay close to the car
The key part of this as well is Sainz doesn't move his wheel left. It's his trajectory and it's entirely predictable. Racing incident for sure but if any blame gets weighted anywhere then it has to be to Perez for not doing anything about it.To me Sainz move wasn't erratic or unpredictable, he came across, but gradually. Obviously there was overlap, but Perez just didn't react to it at all and had plenty of room. Was a really odd accident.
Ocon's warning is a 5 second penalty though (probably).VSC infrigements are only warnings (at least for Hulkenberg and Verstappen, still waiting for the documents for Gasly and Ocon, but likely the same)
Leclerc had a very poor in-lapI cant figure out how PIA gained 5 sec on his pit stop on LEC. PIA pitted 5.8 sec behind, stop 24.3. LEC stops next lap 24.8 and comes out .9 sec ahead.
I thought since Sainz was able to get ahead of Perez, but behind Charles, we'd see him play a little 'Minister of Defense' since Charles' rear tires were gone.The three-way battle for the second place Leclerc, Perez, and Sainz was so exciting to watch. It is unfortunate how things ended.
Seems Bearman is the first driver in history to score points in his first two starts for two different teams...Bearman has now scored more points at 2 different teams than Zhou has scored at 1 team this year.
But that's such an incredibly specific situation that you might as well say he's the first driver named Bearman to score pointsSeems Bearman is the first driver in history to score points in his first two starts for two different teams...
I mean, it is possible someone else had the nickname "Bearman" but never told anyone.But that's such an incredibly specific situation that you might as well say he's the first driver named Bearman to score points
It's significant enough; there have been lots of drivers whose first two races were for two different teams, Michael Schumacher and Gilles Villeneuve to name but two who went on to be successful and memorable. But none got points from those two drives.But that's such an incredibly specific situation that you might as well say he's the first driver named Bearman to score points
It's significant enough; there have been lots of drivers whose first two races were for two different teams, Michael Schumacher and Gilles Villeneuve to name but two who went on to be successful and memorable. But none got points from those two drives.
It has still taken 15 years for this significant first to occur.Nowadays when a new driver starts in a decent (not necessarily race winning) car, it's expected that they'll get points.
It was also more difficult to do in the past. Up until the early 2003, only the top 6 finishers scored points in a race, and after that it was the top 8 for a few years until the current system offering points to the top 10 started in 2010. Apparently before 1961 it was the top 5 only.
While car reliability has made it harder to gain places through breakdowns, in the past the first time driver would have had to beat one of the top 6 car / driver combinations to score a point. It was very rare for a new driver to score a point on their first race, never mind the idea of repeating the feat in another car on their next attempt. It was so rare, it was a very notable achievement that drivers were well remembered for. Prost was one driver who managed it. I don't know how many did, but I believe that before 2000 it was maybe a handful who had managed it, not counting race 1 in 1950 of course.
Nowadays when a new driver starts in a decent (not necessarily race winning) car, it's expected that they'll get points.
Going from 2003 onwards, let's see which other drivers also had their first two Grands Prix for two different constructors and their chances at this.It has still taken 15 years for this significant first to occur.
I agree, it's a very impressive statistic.And forever, even if someone else does it, Bearman was the first to do it.