The Italian Grand Prix seemed to be on its way to a blistering end on Sunday afternoon, but the race control decided to close the race behind the safety car. The decision could count on little enthusiasm afterwards, but a spokesman for the FIA explains in conversation with Motorsport.com that it was done according to the rules.
The engine in Daniel Ricciardo's car stopped suddenly at the end of the race, forcing the Australian to retire his car. With a few laps to go, a restart seemed possible, but it did not happen.
According to the spokesman, the marshals could not get the car into neutral and could not push it out of the track, so they were left with a problem. Moreover, the incident would not have been big enough to warrant a red flag.
Safety first at FIA
The FIA emphasises that safety always comes first and that is why it decided to finish behind the safety car. According to the spokesperson, the moment of the safety car is ultimately unimportant for the decision-making process, as a result of which the organisation remains fully behind the choice.
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Still #wecry merc bois crying haha There was completely other rules 2021. All cars didn't need to lap then. Still, Redbull showing how humble they are and strong by saying they would also have wanted this to end with racing and was against finishing under safefy car and Mercedes again was happy that it did since they still haven't learned that they should pit since 2021 if this happens in the last laps and their is a chance of race ?
But it should be relevant. Hope or next year, they figure something out to avoid these kind of anti-climax finishes. Many things have been mentioned already, but the easiest would be to red flag the race when less than 8 laps remain. Then a 8 lap shootout with standing start.
It was a bit silly from RD. Wasn’t the track clear on lap 52 to resume the race, or, at least, resume for lap 53? The explanation they’ve provided here is not answering that question
Again, pointing out what happened at AD was against the rules .
No there was 1 racing lap in AD AMD THAT ALL YOU NEED TO FINISH A CHAMPIONSHIP RACE
Vehicles did not finish to unlap in Abu Dhabi, this has been said over and over again. It was against the rules
They where lapped cars they don't mean anything in a championship race, the race had to get going to be a championship race, thats what happened
So why do you have rules in the first place if you say it was a championship race and vehicles. All teams knew these rules before the race, you cannot change rules in the heat of the moment to get what you want
It wasn't that rule has been set in place after the investigations from AD
And how did you come to that conclusion, Vegan? In Abu Dhabi, the crashed car and debris were cleared relatively quickly from the track. Here, the marshals could not get the car into neutral and could not push it out of the track, so they were left with a problem. Pushing your own narrative again? Naughty, naughty Vegan!!?
Not really, AD was cleared and it was just the cars that weren't unlapped and the man responsible lost his job. Mercedes also had the option to pit and didn't take it. A little bit dodgy, yeah fair enough but not really a good enough reason to say max didn't deserve that title. I don't really like max or Lewis but any unbias spectator could see that max deserved that title unless we just completely right off the dodgy moves pulled by Merc all season. Regardless that is the past and there is no reason to dwell on it. Max had another great drive and the rules were followed
Fact is rules where not followed at AD ,of all cars where allowed to unlap themselves thenrace would have finished under the safety car with Lewis as WC . Just the facts , rules are rules and you either follow them, like they did today, or you don't like they did at AD.
Rule was any, cars not all cars, get yours facts right, the has now been changed
It doesn't say some cars ? It says "any cars that the leader has lapped"
Exactly, any dose not mean all cars so no rules where broken
The complete quote is "any cars lapped by the leader" Get you facts straight and don't half quote the rules.
That is fair enough. Rules are rules and they definitely weren't followed properly last season, however if the rules were followed 100%, you honestly can't claim Lewis would have won the championship. How many times did the inconsistency of the rules go in favour of Lewis? As much as people can say max won on a technicality, they are quick to forget the rest of the season where there was poor conduct all year long and more often it went the way of Mercedes. Morale of the story is that the FIA seem to be at least trying to step out of the circus they built in the past few seasons. I hope this is a sign of consistent rules to come, whether it costs titles or not.
@Jimmy, If you show me a specific rule that the RD ignored or changed to benefit Mercedes, i would agree with you . The AD scenario, was a blatant, breaking of a rules by the RD . Article 48.12 of the 2021 sporting regulations says that: “If the clerk of the course considers it safe to do so, and the message ‘lapped cars may now overtake’ has been sent to all competitors via the official messaging system, any cars that have been lapped by the leader will be required to pass the cars on the lead lap and the safety car.” So no you're wrong, unless you can show me a rule, that Masi broke to benefit Mercedes. Then there's no equating as much you would like that unfortunately .
Fact is LH didn't deserve that seasons win, if he would have been half the driver you think he is.... he wouldn't have needed the last race to determine the outcome of the championship.
The decision to allow cars to unlap themselves is not against the rules. It is standard procedure as we have seen this year, for lapped cars to be able to unlap themselves according to the ultimate authority of the race director. This means some or all of the cars. No illegality in unlapping all or part of the field as the race director has ultimate control even in light of conflicting regulations. The issue of illegality came regarding the safety car coming in too early. The safety car was brought in too early in Abu Dhabi per the rules. That was the issue. In any case, Lewis only had to defend for 1 lap in a car more powerful on the straights.. Lewis' egregious error in turn #5 allowed Max to dive inside at the first opportunity. In essence, Lewis himself made his own error that cost him the championship. He knows this himself. Defending for 1 lap would have been no big deal for Senna or Schumacher.
Nope, the RD has control of when the SC can be called in , the rules for unlapping any cars the leader has lapped ,is that, its set in stone, thats why after the AD FIA investigation they sited the error of the RD was to not allow any cars lapped by the leader to unlap themselves as an error on the RD part. Read the rules mate ,I have ,and you're wrong. I ask you to paste the regulations that confirm what you're saying cause I sure can confirm the rules I am siting Edit: My references is Article 48.12 of the 2021 sporting regulations. I await your response.
