GreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months ago[FIA] Car 10 (Pierre Gasly) gets a 50 place grid penalty for exceeding PU elements allowance.lemmy.worldimagemessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up135arrow-down11
arrow-up134arrow-down1image[FIA] Car 10 (Pierre Gasly) gets a 50 place grid penalty for exceeding PU elements allowance.lemmy.worldGreenEngineering3475@lemmy.world to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square8fedilink
minus-squareCosmicGiraffe@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up10·4 months agoThat seems too harsh a penalty, it makes using an additional PU likely to mean starting from the back for ~5 races. It’d also hurt smaller teams worse - if your average qualifying position is 16th you’d be starting from the back for about 12 races.
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That seems too harsh a penalty, it makes using an additional PU likely to mean starting from the back for ~5 races. It’d also hurt smaller teams worse - if your average qualifying position is 16th you’d be starting from the back for about 12 races.