Max Verstappen towards Oscar Piastri, the duel in Jeddah below the magnifying glass: for Carlo Vanzini, the “VAR” is damaging duels in F1. The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is determined on the first nook: the McLaren driver will get a greater begin, pulls alongside his rival and pushes him to the surface. The Dutchman then decides to chop the chicane with out giving again the place: for the stewards, it’s a penalty.
The post-race in Jeddah was among the many least energetic of the season. The highest three, exhausted from one of many hardest races on the calendar, struggled to smile. Oscar Piastri, who generally recollects the coldness of Kimi Raikkonen, makes a small gesture of pleasure. Max Verstappen, upset by the penalty he acquired, instantly goes to talk with Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Charles Leclerc maybe resigns himself to a barely passable outcome.
The Dutchman, specifically, was by no means proud of the stewards’ determination. Just a few hours later, Christian Horner is able to reveal, with pictures and screenshots, the innocence of his driver. Another person even argues that “5 seconds are too few.” Nevertheless, the true level could possibly be one other: might such a strict regulation, utilized like VAR in trendy soccer, harm the fantastic thing about racing?
The “VAR” of F1: Carlo Vanzini and the issue with duels
Carlo Vanzini additionally analyzes the Verstappen-Piastri case in a video shared on his YouTube channel. The Italian voice of F1 compares the stewards’ determination to VAR in soccer: “As soon as, episodes like this or like Abu Dhabi 2024 would have been thought-about shared blame. What saddened me is that now, you possibly can hardly race anymore.”
“Now all the things should be determined, verified and checked, a bit like since VAR got here into soccer. It’s important to analyze the pure velocity, in the meanwhile… This determination upset me, however not for Max, Oscar or anybody specifically.”
“I reviewed the details body by body: Oscar Piastri will get a greater begin, there isn’t a doubt. Can it’s thought-about that he didn’t full the overtake on Verstappen? That is the analysis made by the Federation, despite the fact that Piastri assaults the nook. Since he didn’t full the overtake, he’s nonetheless thought-about to be attacking and, on the apex of the nook, the place of the entrance axle in comparison with the automotive on the surface shouldn’t be taken into consideration.”
“The rule thought-about is that, whoever is on the within, if their entrance axle is at the least on the peak of the mirrors of the defending automotive, can take no matter line they need. That is why Verstappen acquired a penalty, as a result of he was defending from Oscar Piastri. To me, logically, it appeared the alternative: that Oscar Piastri was defending from a counterattack by Verstappen.”
“As soon as, drivers sorted it out on observe amongst themselves. We don’t need the Wild West, however we now have gone too far, a bit like VAR that punishes even the slightest touches. This isn’t my factor, despite the fact that I’m at all times loopy about Method 1. It’s a pity as a result of a precedent is ready, and nobody will attempt to overtake on the surface like that anymore.”
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