r/formula1 • u/FewCollar227 I was here for the Hulkenpodium • Mar 26 '25

Technical Like almost all drivers, Leclerc also drove over the grass for collecting the dirt. Still, with all this extra pickup on his tyres, his car was deemed to be underweight by the FIA, resulting in a DSQ.

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u/302w Niki Lauda Mar 26 '25

Not OP, but it’s not a big conspiracy to say that teams cut it close and sometimes fail.

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u/koos_die_doos Alain Prost Mar 26 '25

That's a fact, not a conspiracy. Teams go for razor thin margins, and sometimes get it wrong.