He’d be an idiot not to, to be fair. Although i do hate how the drivers ‘tell on each other’ by mentioning things on the radio to the pits, knowing full well it’s monitored, even if sometimes it’s the only way of drawing attention to something.Restomaniac wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:39 pmNo he was moaning straight away. I had to laugh at the hypocrisy.NathanOlder wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:36 pmOh, I thought it was more like an interview after complaining.
I don't think it's any different to football and basketball players over-exaggerating or faking a foul. All part of the game IMO.El Scorchio wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:23 amHe’d be an idiot not to, to be fair. Although i do hate how the drivers ‘tell on each other’ by mentioning things on the radio to the pits, knowing full well it’s monitored, even if sometimes it’s the only way of drawing attention to something.Restomaniac wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:39 pmNo he was moaning straight away. I had to laugh at the hypocrisy.NathanOlder wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:36 pmOh, I thought it was more like an interview after complaining.
He also has a history of a complete lack of self awareness as is shown again here.El Scorchio wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:23 amHe’d be an idiot not to, to be fair. Although i do hate how the drivers ‘tell on each other’ by mentioning things on the radio to the pits, knowing full well it’s monitored, even if sometimes it’s the only way of drawing attention to something.Restomaniac wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:39 pmNo he was moaning straight away. I had to laugh at the hypocrisy.NathanOlder wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:36 pmOh, I thought it was more like an interview after complaining.
He does somewhat. Although that’s a trait shared by a fair few of them!Restomaniac wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 3:07 amHe also has a history of a complete lack of self awareness as is shown again here.El Scorchio wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 12:23 amHe’d be an idiot not to, to be fair. Although i do hate how the drivers ‘tell on each other’ by mentioning things on the radio to the pits, knowing full well it’s monitored, even if sometimes it’s the only way of drawing attention to something.Restomaniac wrote: ↑Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:39 pmNo he was moaning straight away. I had to laugh at the hypocrisy.
I looked into this when it last flared up with the question "If you floored it the instant the lights started going red, could you build enough of an advantage to offset the punishment"?
Probably from the back of the grid this would be viable. But I think they would be punished greater surely? teams would protest.Wynters wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:38 pmI looked into this when it last flared up with the question "If you floored it the instant the lights started going red, could you build enough of an advantage to offset the punishment"?
The regs give some flexibility but allow a punishment of up to a 10-second stop/go penalty so, best case scenario, you'd need to get 30+ seconds down the road between the lights starting going red and them going out. If your car is fast enough to do that, I don't think you'd need to jump the start
With the flexibility, it's best to try and minimise the offence as much as possible to get as small a punishment as possible.
Would you still get the penalty for going through a red light, yellow flags, passing under grid order etc tacked on?Wynters wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:38 pmI looked into this when it last flared up with the question "If you floored it the instant the lights started going red, could you build enough of an advantage to offset the punishment"?
The regs give some flexibility but allow a punishment of up to a 10-second stop/go penalty so, best case scenario, you'd need to get 30+ seconds down the road between the lights starting going red and them going out. If your car is fast enough to do that, I don't think you'd need to jump the start
With the flexibility, it's best to try and minimise the offence as much as possible to get as small a punishment as possible.
I think something like that actually happened in DTM some 20 years ago.Wynters wrote: ↑Fri Jul 24, 2020 1:38 pmI looked into this when it last flared up with the question "If you floored it the instant the lights started going red, could you build enough of an advantage to offset the punishment"?
The regs give some flexibility but allow a punishment of up to a 10-second stop/go penalty so, best case scenario, you'd need to get 30+ seconds down the road between the lights starting going red and them going out. If your car is fast enough to do that, I don't think you'd need to jump the start
With the flexibility, it's best to try and minimise the offence as much as possible to get as small a punishment as possible.