Emag wrote: ↑29 Jun 2024, 22:17
CjC wrote: ↑29 Jun 2024, 22:11
Wow, just wow.
Humiliating for Mclaren to balls that up so badly.
Basically due to an administration error the FIA have pied it off.
Humiliating for the FIA too, especially after last week when they confirmed it was ok to use your 200mph+ vehicle as a weapon of intent to damage or injure another.
Bravo FIA, Bravo.
This time they (FIA) didn't do anything wrong. McLaren wanted to file a protest basically shooting into the dark and hoping to catch something to demand more proof from the FIA.
It was a desperate attempt anyway, they have sensors for these types of things and it gets flagged automatically. Can't remember the last time there was a false flag for track limits in modern era.
It does look bad on McLaren though for trying to get something out of nothing and not even following the procedure right.
They don't have sensors for track limits, I'm sure.
But it was definitely a balls up of a protest.
Still, too many times policing track limits has come up. If they insist on doing it, they should invest in the proper technology to do it properly. There's now way that the footage they have shown is useable.
Even at COTA last year they didn't police track limits at one of the turns because they didn't have a camera with a clear enough view of the Apex, even though Perez onboard clearly showed him going off the track repeatedly. The FIA even issued a clarification to back up why they didn't police turn 6, because you have to have a view of the apex line(In this case) and of all the wheels being demonstrably over it.
This camera angle is on the wrong side of the car, you can't even see the line against the car for the most part.