• JustAManOnAToilet@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    Yes, by having a parc ferme from Friday morning on a bumpy track that’s been patched like a quilt. When you have a 50% fail rate from more than one team…

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      8 months ago

      You can’t just extrapolate a datapoint from 4 to 20 and expect to keep the fail rate constant. I don’t exactly like the sprint format either, but this is not exactly a good argument to scrap it.

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        8 months ago

        On a sprint weekend where the plank gets 19 more laps of abuse than an average race? Yes, yes you can.

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          8 months ago

          Teams knew that it would be a sprint weekend. Teams knew Austin is bumpy as hell. Teams therefore knew that the floor would get 19 more laps of abuse.

          Mercedes has already admitted fault and I doubt either them or ferrari will appeal this. It was their mistake.

          I like shitting on FIA as much as the next guy, but why shit on them for stupid reasons?