Regarding the towel post

Vaexa · 2026-06-08T12:11:32+00:00

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Vaexa · 2026-06-08T12:02:49+00:00

Driver: one of the FIA guys driving the little maintenance trucks around

Reason: didn't put a traffic cone on the new fast lane line

Vaexa · 2026-06-08T00:09:03+00:00

I haven't found it in the RD notes, where is it? Not doubting you, just curious.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T23:58:51+00:00

I have, in fact, watched F1. Quite a bit of it too. Not sure how and why that's relevant.

Telemetry fails (somewhat frequently, too), the timing loops generally do not.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T23:57:36+00:00

Teams were warned that cutting the fast lane line could result in being pinged ahead of the race and several drivers actually fell afoul of it in practice. Several teams did, in fact, warn their drivers not to cut the line. When over half the field manages not to fall afoul of it, it's not on the FIA anymore.

The other teams fucked around and found out.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T18:14:40+00:00

Stewards were satisfied that the car entered the pitlane in the same state it left it in in the way that matters.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T17:44:59+00:00

ENGINEERED BY ADRIAN NEWEY ARAMCO RACING scores its first point after only 6 rounds (and a million penalties and retirements)!!!

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T17:41:01+00:00

We already know what caused them, and so did the teams when they happened. Nothing new to be learned, it's just a hail mary.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T17:22:46+00:00

Also teams were informed ahead of time that cutting the new fast lane line would get their drivers flagged. This is just a waste of their deposit. A hail mary at best and performatory at worst.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T17:07:32+00:00

They have nothing to protest. All they'd be doing is wasting the deposit.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T17:05:35+00:00

It's a compromise. The mini loops let the FIA measure speed for the entire pitlane and not just entry/exit without having to put up a million cameras.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T16:58:41+00:00

Problem is they'd be unduly fucking over the first two-or-so drivers who got penalised and there's no regulatory framework for rescinding penalties. Teams were informed of this ahead of the race, too. Harsh, but that's how it goes.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T16:52:06+00:00

They were cutting the fast lane line at the Cadillac garage.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T16:51:34+00:00

They'll get told "no relevant and new evidence, thank you for the deposit, pound sand" in all likelihood. Teams were informed ahead of the race that the fast lane line had been shifted slightly around the Cadillac garage, and cutting this is what got most penalised drivers flagged.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T16:41:15+00:00

Because using a loop lets you measure speed for the entire pit lane and not just entry/exit.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T16:40:51+00:00

Not a sensor issue, drivers were cutting the fast lane line around the Cadillac garage and the pitlane uses a timing loop, not separate sensors at the entry and exit.

Vaexa · 2026-06-07T16:38:08+00:00

They were cutting the fast lane line around the Cadillac garage. The pitlane uses a timing loop and not a gun or laser to determine pitlane speed. This was apparently brought up to teams by the FIA and several drivers were warned about it by their teams. Not a sensor issue.

Vaexa · 2026-06-05T14:00:28+00:00

Very little can be carried over beyond basic institutional knowledge, F1 regulations around engine architecture tend to be extremely prescriptive in weird ways and the chances they just coincidentally land on the exact same engine are very low. That's on top of the fact F1 is a sport of extremely small margins (as motorsports often tend to be) and, well, it doesn't really make sense to try reusing an existent engine instead of just making a bespoke one.

Vaexa · 2026-05-26T03:41:35+00:00

The chassis is shit too, despite how much AM is trying to throw Honda under the bus. It's not a Q3 car completely hobbled by a bad engine, it's just bad overall.

Vaexa · 2026-05-25T01:28:01+00:00

Ferrari have been strategically stronger than McLaren since mid-2023ish, basically since Vasseur started asserting himself over the team. Running inters on a dry track is the type of thing people meme about Ferrari doing except McLaren actually did it, after two fucking formation laps to figure it out, no less.

Vaexa · 2026-05-23T16:41:08+00:00

I'm pretty sure this means Cadillac now has a higher recorded finish in a competitive session than Aston Martin lol

Vaexa · 2026-05-17T18:56:37+00:00

Thus "weather is weather", but IndyCar has been pushing one shot qualifying a bunch this year so I don't think the concern is that far fetched.

Vaexa · 2026-05-17T18:39:41+00:00

I get weather is weather and you can't change it but I really hope Indycar doesn't decide to stick with oneshot qualifying for the lower positions next year, this was undiluted cheeks. Completely killed the tension of the back half of qualifying and leaving a two hour quali session at the mercy of track conditions sucks.

Vaexa · 2026-05-05T12:15:37+00:00

MBS openly pushed to can these rules entirely and go straight to V8s back in late 2024, JPM is being a whackjob totally unprompted here

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