Seems the bit about deleting the following lap doesn't apply at this track because going off at the last corner doesn't bring an advantage like it does at circuits like Bahrain. That'll teach me for listening to pundits before checking it out properly.Tiny73 wrote: ↑19 Apr 2024, 13:08Agree, it must be consistently applied with no subjective interpretation. After all we don’t know for absolute certain that it has no advantage do we? (Yes I know the likelihood is that it didn’t confer an advantage but that’s not the point.)Just_a_fan wrote: ↑19 Apr 2024, 12:57Wouldn't be the Merc thread without certain regulars being negative about the team and / or a certain driver.
Lando's lap was deserving of pole, no doubt a great lap. But it's the usual freeplaying of the written rules by the FIA's stewards yet again. Either you delete the lap time or you don't. As soon as mitigation is allowed - and I accept the argument for Lando here because he obviously didn't benefit from going off on the last corner - then we're back to contentious stuff getting in the way of the sport. Great for media and forums to fill screen inches, not so great an advert for the sport.