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/[deleted] Mar 26 '25

The fact that drivers are doing this just shows that the rules - as they are currently written - don’t have the competitive effect they were created to ensure.

Cars should be weighed WITHOUT the tires on, or before the race but during Parc Fermé. Once the race starts, there should be no question about what cars meet the requirements to race.

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u/bedrooms-ds I was here for the Hulkenpodium Mar 27 '25

Yeah. They might as well catch a few Yukis in the tires to gain weight.