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Could someone decrypt this for me? The article just restates the same thing 3 times without actually explaining to me, a person who doesn't care about racing an

Could someone decrypt this for me? The article just restates the same thing 3 times without actually explaining to me, a person who doesn't care about racing and can't tell if Verstappen is a person or a car company or both. Also why or why not passing someone is not winning a race.

mhh__ 5y ago
Check out the post on OOTL on Reddit. I would explain now but I need to do something other than typing away about F1
- lprd 5y ago
  OOTL? Do you have a link? Would love to read more about this.
  - duck 5y ago
    I didn't know either, but I believe it is Out of the Loop sub-reddit which seems to be an interesting approach to unbiased discussions: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/reqivo/what_is_going_on_with_the_f1_championship_right/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/reqivo/what_i...
jcmontx 5y ago
When there's an accident in F1 you can have a (among other things) a Safety Car deployed. Due to the extent of the race and the different car performances, cars can have a +1 lap difference. So if a SC is deployed, you can have a situation where you have P1-P19-P20-P2-P3-P4-etc (P == position) (example similar to the actual positioning). The FIA ordered drivers to pass +1lap drivers, so the physical order of the cars reflected the actual position order. This was controversial. Max (P2 at the time) overpassed five +1lap car. Furthermore, he changed tires for "faster ones". When the race restarted (with just 1 lap to go), he passed Hamilton (P1 at the time) and won the World Drivers Championship.
- julienchastang 5y ago
  Why didn't Lewis Hamilton also swap out for better tires? (I did not watch the race.)
  - jcmontx 5y ago
    It was a gamble for both teams. I think he had more to lose, being P1 with 5 cars between him and VER.
  - skanga 5y ago
    If the safety car stayed out until the end then he would lose the race so he could not do it.

mhh__ 5y ago

Check out the post on OOTL on Reddit. I would explain now but I need to do something other than typing away about F1

lprd 5y ago
OOTL? Do you have a link? Would love to read more about this.
- duck 5y ago
  I didn't know either, but I believe it is Out of the Loop sub-reddit which seems to be an interesting approach to unbiased discussions: https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/reqivo/what_is_going_on_with_the_f1_championship_right/ https://www.reddit.com/r/OutOfTheLoop/comments/reqivo/what_i...

jcmontx 5y ago

When there's an accident in F1 you can have a (among other things) a Safety Car deployed. Due to the extent of the race and the different car performances, cars can have a +1 lap difference. So if a SC is deployed, you can have a situation where you have P1-P19-P20-P2-P3-P4-etc (P == position) (example similar to the actual positioning). The FIA ordered drivers to pass +1lap drivers, so the physical order of the cars reflected the actual position order. This was controversial. Max (P2 at the time) overpassed five +1lap car. Furthermore, he changed tires for "faster ones". When the race restarted (with just 1 lap to go), he passed Hamilton (P1 at the time) and won the World Drivers Championship.

julienchastang 5y ago
Why didn't Lewis Hamilton also swap out for better tires? (I did not watch the race.)
- jcmontx 5y ago
  It was a gamble for both teams. I think he had more to lose, being P1 with 5 cars between him and VER.
- skanga 5y ago
  If the safety car stayed out until the end then he would lose the race so he could not do it.