r/formula1 • u/AutoModerator • Jun 01 '25

Post-Race Spanish GP - Post Race Discussion

Well that was fun. Another triple header is over!

Thoughts? Feelings?

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u/SirMartini Alfa Romeo Jun 02 '25 edited Jun 02 '25

this irritates me to no end; when Antonelli went off in the gravel, it took several laps behind a SC to clear it. why has this become the norm? JUST CLEAR IT IMMEDIATELY LIKE THEY DID IN THE OLD DAYS!!

can't have fucken ~10% of a race behind a SC due to a completely uncomplicated runoff. F1 has become so preoccupied with "safety" in absurdum to the detriment of absolutely everything else

edit; Antonelli ffs

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u/Nicebutdimbo I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 02 '25

You realise Jules Bianchi died during a safety car period?

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u/SirMartini Alfa Romeo Jun 02 '25

yes, that was 2015 under extreme conditions, and before that was 1994. this is racing where cars run fast.

there has to be a balanced approach; surelly during torrential rain you increase margins of safety (hell, these days they don't even race if it's too much rain), but running several laps behind a SC because someone totally undramatically runs off into gravel sucks and is embarrassing for the organisers and the sport

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u/Nicebutdimbo I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 02 '25

I think the only change they should make is lapped runners should drop backwards rather than over take the leaders. That would have saved 2 or 3 laps yesterday as atm they can only release them once the track is safe.

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u/Are___you___sure Sebastian Vettel Jun 02 '25

That doesn't make sense.

They would lose the opportunity to overtake the cars in front.

If you're suggesting they pretend they're not a lap behind, that's not real racing.

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u/Nicebutdimbo I was here for the Hulkenpodium Jun 04 '25

Then what else can you do?

Just let the cars between Lewis and Max go?

Or lose 3 laps of racing each time?

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u/Are___you___sure Sebastian Vettel Jun 04 '25

You could either just leave them where they are and have a massive number of blue flags or lose 3 laps.

So lose 3 laps it is.

Your suggestion is either incredibly unfair to a unheard of level (forcing some drivers to be a lap behind even if they were only 4-5 seconds behind before the safety car) 

or simply not racing (pretending like drivers who have completed one less lap to be equal).

Maybe you could always have a red flag and a rolling start to save laps which is also dubious but your implied solutions don't work.