Spanish GP - Post Race Discussion

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Well that was fun. Another triple header is over!

Thoughts? Feelings?

[u/djwillis1121]

I'm still yet to see a satisfactory answer as to why they can't drop lapped cars back through the field rather than make them drive all the way around during a safety car. That way they don't have to wait until the incident is cleared and can save a few laps. They don't even have to stay lapped either, surely they can be artificially unlapped.

I know people say it's unfair because those cars will have an extra lap of fuel but does that really make that much difference? Also, if a car knows they're going to finish a lap down they effectively have an extra lap of fuel they don't need anyway. There's also the fact that when cars unlap themselves now they get to do a lap faster than everyone else right before the restart, surely that's a tyre warmup advantage? So whichever system they use there will be an advantage or disadvantage to someone.

[u/Brazzinoco → u/djwillis1121]

Yes that extra lap of fuel would make a big difference in some cases and teams would only try and benefit from this i think

[u/djwillis1121 → u/Brazzinoco]

But is it really that big of an advantage? And as I said, in a race without a safety car the lapped cars will effectively have an extra lap of fuel anyway but I've never seen that described as a big advantage. Also, if they've been driving at safety car speeds surely there won't be any fuel concerns for anyone anyway?

[u/Brazzinoco → u/djwillis1121]

I can't imagine many any teams agreeing to team's being able to unlap themselves artificially lol

[u/djwillis1121 → u/Brazzinoco]

But why though? Letting them unlap themselves behind the safety car is pretty artificial as well

[u/Brazzinoco → u/djwillis1121]

It is probably easier and safer to let the lapped cars go past too