@GreenEngineering3475 to Formula 1English • edit-26 months agoMercedes fined €5,000 for unsafe release of Russell on Piastri.imagemessage-square13arrow-up136arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up135arrow-down1imageMercedes fined €5,000 for unsafe release of Russell on Piastri.@GreenEngineering3475 to Formula 1English • edit-26 months agomessage-square13file-text
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 months agoF1 is a team sport. You can never penalize only the team or only the driver. By your logic, not the team should be penalized, but the engineer who made the mistake.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•6 months ago You can never penalize only the team or only the driver. Isn’t this very penalty proving that statement wrong. Team received a pen and the driver faced no consequences
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoThat’s not a penalty, that’s a price attached to gaining a sporting advantage.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•6 months agoAnd do tell what sporting advantage did merc gain by this¿?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•6 months agoNeither piastri nor Russell were first in line. There were a bunch of cars ahead of them. So no advantage as merc didn’t get any clean air so to speak
F1 is a team sport. You can never penalize only the team or only the driver. By your logic, not the team should be penalized, but the engineer who made the mistake.
Isn’t this very penalty proving that statement wrong. Team received a pen and the driver faced no consequences
That’s not a penalty, that’s a price attached to gaining a sporting advantage.
And do tell what sporting advantage did merc gain by this¿?
Getting out on track first.
Neither piastri nor Russell were first in line. There were a bunch of cars ahead of them. So no advantage as merc didn’t get any clean air so to speak