[Bring_Back_Shantz]

Originally Posted by speede5

F1 is in a tough position right now trying to satisfy the purists and not make big changes but also to try and improve the racing without becoming too gimmicky. And the cars are managed so precisely there's no wiggle room if things go haywire in a race.

All the work under red baffles me and maybe 20 years ago it wasn't such a big deal but with the gains made now with tire changes it seems like an unfair advantage as we've seen many times with cars pitting just before and then getting screwed when others get a free stop.

I don't understand why one red flag ended with a standing start and the next a flying start. Granted I was watching on my phone at a bar with no audio. Maybe they explained it. If the first red had resumed on a flying start we would have a much cleaner run to the finish and it would be more fair to all who had at that point earned their position. I was also surprised they gave back positions to cars that had been knocked off track, that almost never happens.

They are so entrenched in running the race distance and counting every lap it really gets fd up when something like this happens. Throw some gas in under red and do a green white checkers!

The giving positions back has a pretty strong precedent from last year at Silverstone.
Essentially if the accident that causes the red flag happens before all the cars can go through the sector 1 timing point then the argument is that they can't fairly evaluate who had/hadn't gained positions so they put them back in order (missing any cars that can't carry on...Alpine....)