minus-squareCosmicGiraffe@lemmy.worldtoFormula 1@lemmy.world•[FIA] Car 10 (Pierre Gasly) gets a 50 place grid penalty for exceeding PU elements allowance.linkfedilinkarrow-up10·3 months agoThat seems too harsh a penalty, it makes using an additional PU likely to mean starting from the back for ~5 races. It’d also hurt smaller teams worse - if your average qualifying position is 16th you’d be starting from the back for about 12 races. linkfedilink
That seems too harsh a penalty, it makes using an additional PU likely to mean starting from the back for ~5 races. It’d also hurt smaller teams worse - if your average qualifying position is 16th you’d be starting from the back for about 12 races.