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I watched Formula E the other weekend and one interesting thing they did was added laps to the race when an SC was out.

Other than wanting to short change fans and screwing them over, i'm not sure why F1 doesn't implement the same policy.

Derek Smith

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PlywoodPascal said:

g4ry13 said:

Derek Smith said:

LH at fault?

LH & Stroll both played their part.

Alonso hit stroll well before Hamilton hit alonso

Commentary has it wrong, they said Hamilton into alonso into stroll, but it was other way around.

so it was Alonso into Stoll on his left and also into Hamilton on his right?

TheDeuce

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PlywoodPascal said:

g4ry13 said:

Derek Smith said:

LH at fault?

LH & Stroll both played their part.

Alonso hit stroll well before Hamilton hit alonso

Commentary has it wrong, they said Hamilton into alonso into stroll, but it was other way around.

I need to see it again. Lewis got a great start and was probably too fast for turn 1 with cold tyres to have full control - but I think it was under braking forced by Alonso ahead that caused the issue?

Assuming he's not blamed for anything and penalised, he'll likely be well into the points by mid race.

Penalty incoming for poor Lando!?

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g4ry13 said:

I watched Formula E the other weekend and one interesting thing they did was added laps to the race when an SC was out.

Other than wanting to short change fans and screwing them over, i'm not sure why F1 doesn't implement the same policy.

You want them to remove one of the very last elements of unpredictability from F1?

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The Vambo said:

g4ry13 said:

I watched Formula E the other weekend and one interesting thing they did was added laps to the race when an SC was out.

Other than wanting to short change fans and screwing them over, i'm not sure why F1 doesn't implement the same policy.

You want them to remove one of the very last elements of unpredictability from F1?

I want them to give the fans what they pay for. If the sprint race is 19 laps, it's a waste to have 20% of the race behind an SC.

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The Vambo said:

g4ry13 said:

I watched Formula E the other weekend and one interesting thing they did was added laps to the race when an SC was out.

Other than wanting to short change fans and screwing them over, i'm not sure why F1 doesn't implement the same policy.

You want them to remove one of the very last elements of unpredictability from F1?

They do that in BTCC. Wouldn’t work in F1 were cars are field for an exact race length.

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