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[noikeee]

Forgive me for switching attentions to a far more trivial matter whilst we're all concerned with Jules Bianchi's health condition, but one decision by race control among all the other questionable ones that have been made this weekend (say, not putting out the SC for Sutil's crash, insisting on the SC at the start when all drivers said everything was okay, not moving the race start despite of high probabiblity of typhoon) might get forgotten: why was DRS enabled in a wet track, given that I cannot think of a precedent, and even if there is a precedent what distinguishes a wet track good enough for DRS, and a wet track not good enough for DRS?

 

A conspiracy theorist might say it coincided remarkably with the point of the race Hamilton just got within 1 second of Nico Rosberg for the lead, and that such a precedent opens up an extra possibility of manipulation of race results by race control (beyond what they already have with the timing of safety car periods)...

 

This just wasn't Charlie Whiting's weekend was it.

[Kraken]

The rule was amended a couple of years ago so the RD has the say based on the visibility conditions as it's the closing speed that is the biggest concern.

[Lee Nicolle]

The DRS caught out Hamilton when it closed,, he had a moment!  Though the commentary were waffling about several cause except the DRS. Though they were right with the brakes glowing red hot, it appears Mercedes had a brake issue. Would have been interesting over the full race length to see how he went with brakes.

[GoldenColt]

Though they were right with the brakes glowing red hot, it appears Mercedes had a brake issue.

 

Or could it be that more than 1000°C can lead to the brakes glowing red hot? You know, this is the sort of temperature they reach every now and then...

Edited by GoldenColt, 05 October 2014 - 11:06.

[Imateria]

I can't remember the last time I saw brake discs glowing on an F1 car, it's been a lot of years.

 

Anyway, the BBC commentary suggested that DRS was enabled after everyone had switched to inters.

[scheivlak]

I somehow remembered that  DRS had been enabled at an earlier GP in wet condtions and I've found it (but it could well be not the only occasion) - the 2012 Malaysian GP.

 

DRS was enabled since lap 20. Daniel Ricciardo was the first one to pit for slicks on lap 38.

[TomNokoe]

They've done it before. Didn't they disable it later on when conditions worsened? No issue for me.

[Tombstone]

I can't remember the last time I saw brake discs glowing on an F1 car, it's been a lot of years.

 

 

Been a while since a race was run under such poor light.

[Risil]

Been a while since a race was run under such poor light.

 

Indeed. Starting a race at 3pm in the northern hemisphere in October should not happen.

[scheivlak]

Indeed. Starting a race at 3pm in the northern hemisphere in October should not happen.

Depends on where on the northern hemisphere 

But indeed, Korea 2010 came to mind.

[SanDiegoGo]

Forgive me for switching attentions to a far more trivial matter whilst we're all concerned with Jules Bianchi's health condition, but one decision by race control among all the other questionable ones that have been made this weekend (say, not putting out the SC for Sutil's crash, insisting on the SC at the start when all drivers said everything was okay, not moving the race start despite of high probabiblity of typhoon) might get forgotten: why was DRS enabled in a wet track, given that I cannot think of a precedent, and even if there is a precedent what distinguishes a wet track good enough for DRS, and a wet track not good enough for DRS?

 

A conspiracy theorist might say it coincided remarkably with the point of the race Hamilton just got within 1 second of Nico Rosberg for the lead, and that such a precedent opens up an extra possibility of manipulation of race results by race control (beyond what they already have with the timing of safety car periods)...

 

This just wasn't Charlie Whiting's weekend was it.

 a particularly dense one might.