Nico Rosberg has been hit with a 10-second penalty after the stewards decided in a lengthy meeting that the driver in question received radio messages from his team that were in breach of F1's new regulations that require a driver to drive his car 'alone and unaided'
It was, but Vettel gained an advantage over Massa, that's the bit not addressed.ripper wrote:VET pushed MAS offtrack because he lost control of the car, if the brazilian didn't go out that was a 100% crash. I think it is a correct stewart decision
But last race FI box couldn't tell to Perez that he was going to have brake failure and that caused a crash, luckilly without injuries.stuartpengs wrote:There-in lies the paradox. If not telling him would have resulted in terminal failure and retirement, by default the radio message to change the setting was permitted. Again I don't think it will be the mode switch which will prove to be the crucial point but the instruction to skip 7th gear (which, ironically, he didn't appear to do anyway).ripper wrote:In my opinion they did a very smart and quick calculation: "if we don't tell him anything he might retire so 0 points, if we break the rule he can get from a reprimand (no point loss) to disqualification", so in the end that was a smart move.
The NBC announcers commented on the banner earlier in the weekend.
Unless the only way you can convey that is by highlighting how marginal they are, therefore instructing the driver to go easy on the brakes and lift-and-coast; would that then be viewed as driver coaching? I'm guessing the devil is in the detail regarding the driver's reaction to the instruction. Change a mode seems acceptable, altering their driving style as the result of an instruction doesn't.ripper wrote:stuartpengs wrote:
But last race FI box couldn't tell to Perez that he was going to have brake failure and that caused a crash, luckilly without injuries.
A brake failure is more dangerous to safety imo.
it was reported he just told Spanish TV they hadn't decided yet.NathanOlder wrote:No penalty. Is what I think Nico just said to Rachael on Sky
Altering a driving style or changing a mode to avoid a retirement is, in my opinion, the same thing (EDIT: clarifications: of course it isn't the same thing, but the result is the same). Braking issues are even more dangerous to safety... But that's very thin ice.stuartpengs wrote:Unless the only way you can convey that is by highlighting how marginal they are, therefore instructing the driver to go easy on the brakes and lift-and-coast; would that then be viewed as driver coaching? I'm guessing the devil is in the detail regarding the driver's reaction to the instruction. Change a mode seems acceptable, altering their driving style as the result of an instruction doesn't.ripper wrote:stuartpengs wrote:
But last race FI box couldn't tell to Perez that he was going to have brake failure and that caused a crash, luckilly without injuries.
A brake failure is more dangerous to safety imo.
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