F1 Singapore

redz_UK · September 28, 2008

For anybody who just saw the Ferrari fuelling incident...

do we think that they will get fined/time penalties or will it be washed over??

if it was mclaren then they would already have a time penalty!!

DJ Wozza · September 28, 2008

It will be overlooked, including coming out in the path of the Force India car.

Disgraceful :tsktsk:

Monster-Mat · September 28, 2008

interesting isn't it, how the 2 cars FORCED to pit when the safety car came out got a stop and go, while the Ferrari only gets a pass through penalty

Parthiban · September 28, 2008

Think those are the standard punishments for those offences - although I have to say the rule not allowing people into the pits when the safety car comes out is stupid and needs to be changed asap

Mike_B · September 29, 2008

The problem with allowing people in when the safety car is out is that everyone does it. Which kind of makes sense, but it's also true that it's a lot more dengerous than it already is in the pits, which I think is why they brought the rule in. It's fair to say that some people randomly benefit from the current rules, but if you'd just pitted when the safety car came out then you'd be on the losing end of a random event.

I think it's a bit simplistic to say the rule should just be changed back - you'd end up with a more dangerous pitlane and still get people 'unfairly' benefitting from an incident. Racing always has, and always should, involve an element of luck IMO.

How about a rule that cars cannot run so low on fuel that they cannot make it round another two laps (ie have a reserve tank with 20 litres or whatever in it, giving you a buffer, but at the end of the race there must be a minimum total amount left in the car? That way you would never actually need to pit under safety car conditions, but you'd only be very mildly penalised (half a second or so extra for fuel when you finally did pit) and it would be the same for everyone.