Three-time world champion Max Verstappen secured his 18th victory of 2023 in Las Vegas, beating Ferrari driver Charles Leclerc, whose chances were massively compromised by a safety car period. F1Technical's senior writer Balázs Szabó reports on the Nevada F1 race.
CjC wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 08:53FIA might have to supply the teams with a new specification of vehicle overnight so the fans can get some value for their £844 general admission ticket.
The current concepts are:
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Strip needs to be reopened to public access by 4am Vegas time. If they can start early enough, they could have 90mins
Why should they pay attention to welding those covers properly... Its like Russian Roulette, but Vegas edition - the bullet/cover won't kill you, but it might just make your car spin into the wall and anything can happen then! Agreed. Damage caused by circuit fault should have provisions under budget cap rules IMOVanja #66 wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 09:23Expected nothing less than this.
Hey, its Vegas, lets see who's lucky and who isn't
On a serious note, Alpine and Ferrari need to be compensated somehow, Sainz has PU and battery damage along with chassis.
But how can you count this? How much money is a chassis repair or an old engine? It is hard enough to go with a new part that is produced, you can somehow start counting the hours and over years your controller gets better and better...but internal repairs?organic wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 09:24Agreed. Damage caused by circuit fault should have provisions under budget cap rules IMOVanja #66 wrote: ↑17 Nov 2023, 09:23Expected nothing less than this.
Hey, its Vegas, lets see who's lucky and who isn't
On a serious note, Alpine and Ferrari need to be compensated somehow, Sainz has PU and battery damage along with chassis.
I think the issue would be the suppliers not having the PUs at the track ready to do that
