Doriane Pin penalised for failing to notice F1 Academy race in Saudi Arabia was over; French driver handed 20-second penalty and drops to ninth with Britains Abbi Pulling elevated to winner; Sky Sports F1s Damon Hill criticises decision, saying lights should also indicate end of race
What a cool looking trophy! Are there any good photos/videos showing all sides of the trophy? I found enough random shots to see it’s more complex than it appears at first glance but I’d be interested in more details if anyone knows where to find info.
Sky Sports F1’s Damon Hill was critical of the decision, writing on social media platform X: “Maybe they should indicate the end of the race with lights too, instead of just waving a flag about 20ft up in a blind spot. Maybe? I’m not an expert. Oh! Yes I am!”
lol
I still blame the engineers. At least say “congrats! you are first” or something.
She heard nothing from her race engineer and the flag waving is often difficult to see. It’s actually pretty common for drivers not to know exactly how many laps are left without being reminded.
Damon Hill said that he thinks the lights are the starting grid should also be used to signal the end of a race, and tbh that seems pretty logical.
By pushing for fastest lap which she didn’t have until the very last lap and the pitwall taking off their headphones and high-fiving rather than communicating.
I know F1 fans need to get their daily Fuck the FIA. But you cannot be serious.
Driving at racing speed on a track considered not live, with the potential of marshalls and other track staff on the other side of the barriers. Is generally frowned upon.
Intentional wrecking is also harshly punished. There’s a reason you don’t see it outside the very low levels.
Magnusson got a ten second penalty and three points. Perez may have “only” gotten five seconds and one point. But both of these incidents happened on a live track during a race session.
Trying to make any connection between the penalties is a pointless endeavour.
That said, aren't all the marshals waving flags after the race is finished? If so, that would mean she is ignoring them, or was that not the case here?
Wasn’t the case here. Due to the crappy position of the person waving the chequered flag, and her team not giving her info, she had no way to know the race had ended unless she was accurately counting laps from the start.
Hey, at least jokes make people laugh. This is just another instance of the FIA being a cancer to the sport. Worst of all is that I’m not even sure any amount of anti-corruption drive will fix errors like this that are just straight up idiocy at its, uh…“finest”. Between the FIA and Formula 1, open-wheel racing is really not having a good start to the year.
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