F1 Race

[HomerJSimpson]

Thought it was harsh on Hamilton but poor from the team too. If I was principle I'd be looking for clarification on the rule before the next race

 

[bobmac]

Not at all, the designated area is defined for every track as part of the briefing the teams are given before every race...

https://drivetribe.com/p/hamiltons-...EC1TSJSzZNf_ppszfA?iid=NlM2U8QhTMSV1VFO2W-wUw

"Practice starts may only be carried out on the right-hand side after the pit exit lights and, for the avoidance of doubt, this includes any time the pit exit is open for the race".
Lewis.....
“If you look at every race that I have done this year, I always start further down. Never ever had a problem, done it for years. It says you have to be on the right after the lights. It doesn’t say how far.

To me that says you must keep right and after the lights, it doesn't say where the designated area finishes.
Anyway, it's irrelevant, it's all done now and Lewis has 2 weeks to cool off before the next race.

 

[Smiffy]

In other Hamilton related news, the latest is he is about to put pen to paper on a new 3 year £120m contract with Mercedes. Nice work if you can get it.

Circulate a race track at speeds of up to 200mph and you could get it too!!

 

[ger147]

Circulate a race track at speeds of up to 200mph and you could get it too!!

To be fair to Hamilton, there's a bit more to it than that. Dozens of guys all round the world are lapping race tracks at similar speeds and none of them get £40m a year to do so. ????

 

[cliveb]

"Practice starts may only be carried out on the right-hand side after the pit exit lights and, for the avoidance of doubt, this includes any time the pit exit is open for the race".
Lewis.....
“If you look at every race that I have done this year, I always start further down. Never ever had a problem, done it for years. It says you have to be on the right after the lights. It doesn’t say how far.

To me that says you must keep right and after the lights, it doesn't say where the designated area finishes.
Anyway, it's irrelevant, it's all done now and Lewis has 2 weeks to cool off before the next race.

Quite so. The ambiguity is that although the start of the designated area is defined (after the pit exit lights), the end of it isn't. In the absence of any other clarification, it's reasonable to conclude that the designated area extends as far as there is space on the right of the pit lane.

Future races are going to have to place some sort of marker to explicitly show where the area ends.

 

[Smiffy]

To be fair to Hamilton, there's a bit more to it than that.

And that is why he gets £40m a year.

 

[ger147]

And that is why he gets £40m a year.

It was you who inferred there wasn't