I think all those drivers would have gotten right out of Max’s way.

They would have been, yes. Lewis has benefited from this rule multiple times this year.

Yes, but the crux of the argument is ALL the lapped cars, not just those between certain drivers.

Yeah, I agree. In a separate thread here I mentioned that the protocol for post-race protests should take a page from NBA’s call challenges. You only get so many and you risk burning a time-out in making one. Stops the game from being a constant back-and-forth with the refs and the monitor.

Probably. Shows you how long it’s been since I’ve paid attention to NASCAR. For some reason I thought it was more than just one driver, though. Am I wrong, is F1 literally the only motorsport that allows all lapped drivers to pass upon a SC restart?

I kind of feel like I’m arguing against myself here, because the RF would likely have preserved the status quo, making me a very sad panda. But at least it would have avoided all of this horseshit. Pretty sure Horner didn’t have a fucking barrister standing by and for all his whininess he knows how to take an L (shit,…

F1 doesn’t have a mechanism by which they could do it (like a green-and-white restart in NASCAR - there’s just no “overtime” provided for in the regs), but it would have essentially become one in this case.

IIRC, NASCAR definitely lets the lapped cars unlap themselves under a full-course yellow. Have done for close to two decades now.

penalties should start at a stop and go and increase from there

Three words: consistent steward panel. That’s how I could do better.

>>>the lapped cars should have remained in between the two

For once I’m on board. I’ll go one step further, though: hybrids and KERS.

It’s an option, sure, but not as good as the RF, IMO, for a couple of reasons:

They’re useful, to be sure, but they’ve all but removed the human factor from what is meant to be more art than science. Entertainment isn’t meant to be precise and the already rare occasions when something ridiculous happens are what makes sports lore. The Hand of God will be talked about forever. Tofik Bakhramov’s…

I’m sure it’s a relatively minor amount in the grand scheme of things as things stand. But I agree, making it more expensive and subsuming it under teams’ annual budget cap might also have that effect. A new wing or a dubious protest? Tough choices.

He was a lot more guilty of it earlier in his career, but first impressions are tough to shake. Alonso did it some, as well (incidentally, I’m no big fan of his, either).

As I’ve said before, doing it on Twitter is not a good look.

I’m fine with how it finished (that said, I’m biased as I was cheering for Max). There were multiple “good” options, though.

They can, but for F1's own good they shouldn’t. Fire Masi. Leave the results well alone.

anyone trying to lobby/appeal calls during the weekend will be told to STFU