alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoFernando Alonso received a drive through penalty which converted to 20 seconds added to the elapsed time in the race and 3 penalty pointssh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square29fedilinkarrow-up166arrow-down10file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up166arrow-down1imageFernando Alonso received a drive through penalty which converted to 20 seconds added to the elapsed time in the race and 3 penalty pointssh.itjust.worksalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square29fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareGeneralEmergency@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up27arrow-down12·edit-23 months agoI haven’t seen the race or incident yet. But that’s some big rookie iracing energy from Russell. Blaming the other car for braking too early. Edit: I have since watched the incident. My original thought stands. What a bullshit penalty.
minus-squareApexHunter@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down1·3 months agoGetting back on full throttle then hitting the brakes a second time mid corner is what got him in trouble. The early braking denotes the erratic behavior was intentional instead of accidental.
I haven’t seen the race or incident yet.
But that’s some big rookie iracing energy from Russell. Blaming the other car for braking too early.
Edit:
I have since watched the incident. My original thought stands. What a bullshit penalty.
Getting back on full throttle then hitting the brakes a second time mid corner is what got him in trouble. The early braking denotes the erratic behavior was intentional instead of accidental.