alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoFerrari is fined €5,000 for using Intermediate tyres on Charles Leclerc's car in FP2 when track wasn't declared wetsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-down1imageFerrari is fined €5,000 for using Intermediate tyres on Charles Leclerc's car in FP2 when track wasn't declared wetsh.itjust.worksalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to Formula 1@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square3fedilink
minus-squareninth_plane@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI didn’t realise there was a restriction on this - what’s the rationale for the rule?
minus-squarestephen01king@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·5 months agoSo teams don’t use intermediates to avoid using up their soft tyre allocation. They should add some wiggle ground as the FIA can be slow at announcing things, but ultimately this is all on Ferrari.
minus-squareEasternLettuce@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·5 months agoTo get the fia more money
I didn’t realise there was a restriction on this - what’s the rationale for the rule?
So teams don’t use intermediates to avoid using up their soft tyre allocation. They should add some wiggle ground as the FIA can be slow at announcing things, but ultimately this is all on Ferrari.
To get the fia more money