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[โ€“] [email protected] 32 points 11 months ago (2 children)

So Red Bull now has the fastest and the slowest pit stop of the season (or ever).

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Not ever. Bottas still holds that honor (2021 Monaco GP. One of the wheel nuts got stripped. Merc had to ship the car back to Brackley to get the wheel off)

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

That's a retirement, he didn't rejoin. Perez did, so it counts as a pit stop.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Gotta be ever. Such unique circumstances

[โ€“] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (2 children)

To say Perez is having a bad year is probably an understatement

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (3 children)

he is 2nd, but you're right.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

He needs to be 2nd even harder.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Which is pretty much meaningless. Believe me, Red Bull will be counting the times he's screwed up at the end of the year,

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I'd bet they've already counted them but won't say anything until march.

[โ€“] bernieecclestoned 1 points 11 months ago

For now, Hamilton could catch him at this rate

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

He had a good year.. for about three months

[โ€“] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (5 children)

I wondered during the race: why were they allowed to put the car back on track after the 'retirement'?

Is there really no rule to stop that? Like could you conceivably crash, be brought back to the garage, repaired, get back in and rejoin the race? I guess there's little reason to (excepted in a contrived situation like this), but I'd always assumed that was not permitted.

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

As long as the driver and the car can get back to the pits on their own, I think yes. When crashing out you'd likely need external help to get back to the pit lane, so I'm pretty sure you'd be out for good then.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I'd always assumed 'external help' would be the dealbreaker, but I checked the onboard and you can see they jack the car up on to the 'skateboard' to move it back in to the garage (00:37 on F1TV feed). Perhaps it's external powered help, I guess that would get around cars being pushed back by marshals too.

[โ€“] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

team can help. I think the "skateboard" is not considered different than the jacks, or even wheel guns for that matter. The Team is allowed to use tools on their vehicle during a pit-stop.

If marshals help, you're out.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Long ago, they used to have spare cars for just such an occasion! My question is: if a safety car happened during his one lap, would we be required to watch checo unlap himself for 26 laps before going green?

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

RB said that part of the reason they held him back and had a discussion with the FIA about it, was to avoid that happening and impacting Max.

[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

As long as you give the driver their gloves and steering wheel it's fine.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Come on! Move!

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Because the FIA just make it up as they go.

[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

Well it used to be the case on purpose, given that they had third cars for the scenario of a crash. And then everyone simply forgot about how it was and wasnt covered by the rules, I guess.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

Still doesn't beat Bottas' "pit stop" in 2021. Took like 5 days for them to get the wheel off. Had to bring the car back to the factory to take off the wheel nut!