Carlos Sainz handed ‘ridiculous’ 10-place grid penalty after drain cover crash at Las Vegas Grand Prix
Carlos Sainz handed ‘ridiculous’ 10-place grid penalty after drain cover crash at Las Vegas Grand Prix
The Ferrari driver hit a loose manhole cover bringing the opening practice session to a halt in Las Vegas
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“The Stewards note that if they had the authority to grant a derogation in what they consider in this case to be mitigating, unusual and unfortunate circumstances, they would have done so, however the regulations do not allow such action.”
Hopefully the FIA can step in and override this by tomorrow, seems like everyone would be on board
Yeah this isn't a wonderful look for the sport. Other drivers, team strategy, etc., are part of the hazards. Shit tracks, however, shouldn't be.
The damage was a result of poor track inspection and quality. Ferarri and Carlos should not pay the price for repairing the damage DIRECTLY caused by the track.
The FIA can change the regulations sure. But retroactively applying them would be another issue. Without thinking about the can of worms such a rule change would bring.
Just make an exception. Have the teams weigh in. rigid rules break the sport.
Don't remember any calls for Haas or Williams getting an exception.
It's also not as simple as granting an exception and washing your hands. Granting an exception creates a precedent. Especially as those rigid rules are what makes this a sport.
Well russell had far less damage in 2019 so he did not get a penalty. No expectation needed in that case.
There should be a precendent! If something comes off the track and damages a car through no fault of the team, they should be able to repair. Why penalize the driver for an environmental condition.
A drain cover famously destroyed Ricciardo's car a few years ago. Not sure what they did back then
Drain cover incidents are nothing new (sadly) but history seems to fall to two categories: incidents with not as much damaged and requiring no restricted parts, or ones that happened during the race with no opportunities for repair anyway.
When was this. I seem to have forgotten this incident