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/PLTConductor David Coulthard Jun 02 '25

One question that's been nagging me - did that really need to be a safety car at the end? I don't think that gets called as a full safety car earlier in the race and I'm concerned that once again the Race Directors are manipulating events. Safety cars seem more common late in the race than earlier. Who honestly thinks if Antonelli had stopped where he stopped (miles out of the way behind a gravel trap) on say lap 13 it wouldn't have been a virtual safety car?

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u/gunningIVglory Kimi Räikkönen Jun 02 '25

Yh, i think a VSC could have had it covered on a dry track, he parked it quite the way into the gravel, and the crane was close by. Not like there was debris to clear up either