u/CeaseIessWatcher

Had this great fight to get back onto the podium after locking up and losing 3rd place. Bit of netcode never hurt anybody

https://dubz.link/c/0d97b1

I think a lot of us have been incredibly frustrated with the broadcast director recently as they've missed so many important moments in a race to focus on the leaders just driving in each other's wheel tracks. First it was Colapinto's double overtake in Spa which we never got a replay of, then it was Max's double over take here which we never got a replay of, and here's these two which we never saw in the first place.

BMW told me I was blocking him and pitted him on purpose. I was nearly at the edge of the track and not moving towards him so from my POV I think he pulled out to pass me but didn't go far enough, plus netcode for good measure. Also bonus points for not holding brakes after the crash and the pit entry

Anyone else get hit in the feels a bit when they replace something in their PC that they've had for a while? This is the last original part of the first PC I ever built with my dad 10 years ago. I've been slowly swapping things out and now that this drive is corrupting my files it needs to go too. Kinda sad in a way

Why has nobody thought of this

There's three options the FIA can standardize for this kind of situation

1. Don't penalize Leclerc at all - This encourages drivers with mechanical damage or failures to push flat out to finish the race without losing out to the car behind which is pretty dangerous and not the right call.

2. Lightly penalize Leclerc - This is what they chose. The problem is that a 20 second penalty still gave Charles points. Same with Hamilton in Singapore last year. This is arguably slightly more dangerous. What this does is incentivize drivers to push even harder with a broken car to try and ward off the car directly behind as well as try to pull away from the following 2-4 cars to make up for whatever time penalty might come their way.

3. Heavily penalize Leclerc - I know it's harsh, and I like Leclerc, but I feel damage like that should be race-ending. Imagine that there was another part of his left front suspension that wasn't initially broken, just weakened. If Leclerc is still pushing down the back straight, it could break under high load, and now Leclerc is headed into the wall at 200+ miles per hour. Nobody wants to see that. So if you give a driver the mechanical black flag, it's by far the safest option.

What do you think?