'FIA did not randomly pick Hamilton and Leclerc for scrutiny in Austin'
Four Formula 1 cars were checked after the United States Grand Prix. Of these, only two passed inspection, and so disqualification followed for Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc. Sky Sports analysts and former F1 drivers Martin Brundle and Jenson Button give their views on the proceedings.
'Checking Hamilton and Leclerc was not arbitrary'
"There are reasons why they chose those two cars to check because of the data they saw," Brundle said. "Then they checked some others. I can't help but think because the teams take the planks off, they can measure them."
He continued: "We don't know if the rest of the field were illegal or legal. I've asked some of the team members, and, of course, they all say their car is fine. Another team said they weren't sure, which is nonsense because they were on the build-down, all that is checked."
Button added: "The FIA can see which cars are touching more than others. That’s why they picked those two cars. They tested them, and they both failed. They then picked two other cars to make sure their systems were correct. Those two cars passed."
Random??....mercedes and ferrari have both been checked 5 times each...redbull and mclaren 2 times each....rest one time each...williams and alpha tauri...zero....the random number generator they are using is faulty...suggest they drop the term...random.....'targeted' certainly suits the above data better. This issue has been discussed to death already with not much clarity...lets move forward
So essentially the FIA had a sneaky suspicion (based on telemetry data) that Lewis and Leclerc were bumping their bottoms too much, checked them, and found them to be illegal. They then checked Max and Lando too, to avoid being accused of picking on Lewis and Leclerc. But even so, Lewis is still harping that the FIA should have checked more cars.
Lewis love harping on about it .the fia had dater and paper work how cars were set up lewis got cought cheating that why he being like this
Funny that the articles never noticed that the other two competitive teams ( RB and McLaren) were both legal. I cannot grasp why Hamilton cares so much about Alfa Romeo or Haas.... He should learn some grace from Charles, who took the DSQ with much more poise.
They then checked Max and Lando too, to avoid being accused of picking on Lewis and Leclerc. But even so, Lewis is still harping that the FIA should have checked more cars. is he wrong to harp on ? maybe you can explain why George and Carlos were also not checked ? Wierd.is the repeated use of the term....random because that is not the correct term to use to describe the inspection history
Nobody is claiming that these checks are "random", it literally says so in the title ("FIA did not randomly pick Hamilton and Leclerc for scrutiny in Austin"). The article goes into further detail as to how it was NOT random. From another article on another site: "The FIA reportedly recorded high vertical oscillating data in Lewis Hamilton’s and Charles Leclerc’s car which prompted their investigation." Seems like the only 2 cars with suspicious oscillating telemetry were Lewis and LeClerc. That's why the FIA picked those 2. And then they checked Max and Lando as well, because even now Lewis is still carping about not checking even more cars. Can you imagine if the FIA didn't check Max and Lando...
Ah, and I went around wondering if those checks were indeed 'random' to begin with, and suggesting they should put extra sensors in, just to make sure other cars don't slip through the cracks in these cases. But turns out the controversy surrounding these FIA inspections was a 'storm in a glass of water', after all. Thanks for the info.
Ouch...noted...reading too many articles at once. Your point is correct.....thanks
and if they checked more cars! does that make Lewis his car less illegal,
Correct! Last year, teams pushed to include a sensor on board for tracking car dynamic oscillations (TD018). FIA required that cars go below a certain threshold during races. Although that requirement has been removed, FIA still has access to the sensor data. Those data indicated that Lewis and Charles were likely to be in violation. To sum it up: FIA had data from all 20 cars. This data must have raised red flags for 2 cars, so they inspected those. The data turned out to be accurate, so they double-checked by looking at 2 more cars.
It was Mercedes that pushed to raise the minimum height of the car last year, because their car was bouncing too much. And then Lewis did his "my back is killing me, I feel old before my time" bit of acting when he got out of his car. That prompted the FIA to put oscillating sensors on all cars. And now Lewis gets caught out by those sensors and DSQ'ed. Aahh... sweet karma.
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