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Formula E heads to Mexico for the fourth round of the season with Bird and Virgin leading the championships, a new driver in the field. We preview what to look out for in Mexico.
Exactly. He tried to wrap up the title there and then and ended up giving 2 more drivers a shot at it in the final race.
True. Verne didn't need the place, if he finished where he was, de grassi would have needed to have a perfect qualifying and race.
TBF he only earned the right to be there by driving Massa off the track at t1 with a desperate lunge. Always gonna be the case that Massa would be a bit more robust after that. He also had less to lose. It's still likely Vergne will win today. Unless they get pole, fastest lap and win Evans and Buemi have no hope. Di Grassi could do it with a win with Vergne 8th or lower (and without fastest lap).Sawtooth-spike wrote: ↑14 Jul 2019, 12:13That being said, I think Massa didn't need to squeeze the apex so tight. Other cars had gone side by side though there. I think Verne had earned the right to be there.
vergne was correct. he is a racer and his job is to finish as high up the order as he could. he made the move and then massa just pulled over on him.
Massa is fighting for his championship position also why should he have to give up his place.aral wrote: ↑14 Jul 2019, 13:57vergne was correct. he is a racer and his job is to finish as high up the order as he could. he made the move and then massa just pulled over on him.
you can also argue that knowing that he wasnt in a fight for the championship, felipe should have not defended so robustly !
I thought Pascal would win it it until he run our of charge on the last lap of whatever race it was loltpeman wrote: ↑15 Jul 2019, 08:37The last round was a great one! The overtaking this time round was aggressive and risky, but it was fair as well. Great season by Vergne, at one point he was 11th in the championship. At one point, I really thought D'Ambrosio would have won it with consistency, but he ended up 11th in the standings.
No. Championship exclusion for that. Race/season ban for that. That's Briatore/Symmonds/Piquet levels of bringing a sport into disrepute. I think what saved him is that Techeetah didn't act on it.FrukostScones wrote: ↑15 Jul 2019, 09:11Okay?
https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/14480 ... radio-call
Bad intentions without action remain bad intentions. If we heard everything a driver said during the race, things wouldn't look pretty. It would've been cruel if the team listened to it. Many drivers have asked for a SC to go out before, haven't they? Is this bringing a sport into disrepute?jjn9128 wrote: ↑15 Jul 2019, 09:57No. Championship exclusion for that. Race/season ban for that. That's Briatore/Symmonds/Piquet levels of bringing a sport into disrepute. I think what saved him is that Techeetah didn't act on it.FrukostScones wrote: ↑15 Jul 2019, 09:11Okay?
https://www.autosport.com/fe/news/14480 ... radio-call
Pleading for a safety car when a car is already stopped is different to asking for your teammate to stop on track to cause a safety car. Any time marshals have to enter a race track risk is increased. See Monaco pit exit Perez in F1 this year (under safety car), the marshal killed in Canada falling under the lift truck (under safety car), and a number of others I can't be bothered to list.tpeman wrote: ↑15 Jul 2019, 10:07Bad intentions without action remain bad intentions. If we heard everything a driver said during the race, things wouldn't look pretty. It would've been cruel if the team listened to it. Many drivers have asked for a SC to go out before, haven't they? Is this bringing a sport into disrepute?
