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Daniel Ricciardo bemoaned “something a bit lame” in F1’s rules that forced him and Oscar Piastri to run the Brazilian GP a lap down and “completely zapped” his excitement for the restart. Scott Mitchell-Malm explains the combination of rules that left the pair in that position
rest of the race a lap down, but he was able to catch up to the pack and unlap himself.
Ricciardo’s frustration stems from the fact that the rules did not allow him and Piastri to catch up to the pack and regain their lost lap during the red flag period. He believed that since their cars were repaired and ready to race again, they should have been given the opportunity to rejoin the race on the same lap as the rest of the field.
However, F1’s rules state that the position of all cars is determined at the last point before the red flag, and at that time, Ricciardo and Piastri were classified as a lap down. This meant that they would have to start the restart a lap behind, regardless of their repaired cars.
The rules differentiate between cars that were on track and those in the garage during a red flag period. If a car is in the garage, like Ricciardo and Piastri’s, it is only allowed to leave the pitlane when the race resumes, but must re-enter the pitlane when the safety car returns. They can only join the race once the last car has passed the pit exit after the restart.
Overall, Ricciardo feels that this aspect of the rules is “a bit lame” and believes that it takes away the excitement of racing again. He finds it frustrating that they were not given the opportunity to catch up and compete on equal terms with the rest of the field.
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