The pickle the FIA is in is that

Masi made a judgment call (let 5 cars through) that isn’t expressly catered for in the regs nor is it expressly prohibited.

And if this was lap 30 in race 6 no-one would care and I suspect most teams would shrug shoulders.

Posted By: CWC on December 13th 2021 at 09:46:11

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After reading lots of comments from pundits ,experts and others, my thoughts (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 13, 09:29:45
- The arguement that "any" didn't mean "all" in the context of that reg is daft as well (Other Sports) - megson, Dec 13, 12:39:54
  - I don’t see how you can interpret the wording (Other Sports) - Jim, Dec 13, 12:45:01
    - Agree, it clearly means all of them, there has to be changes to that now. (Other Sports) - megson, Dec 13, 12:54:12
- From my limited knowledge Lewis was in a no win (Other Sports) - DiscoDale, Dec 13, 11:01:34
  - Not sure about brown envelopes, Williams are a Merc customer aren't they? (n/m) (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 13, 11:03:47
- Sorry but two things wrong with this thread (Other Sports) - Ruttles, Dec 13, 10:46:38
  - Thanks for that info, I did not know the pit lane had closed (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 13, 13:44:13
- Only solution to this (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 13, 10:13:18
  - Sounds like Cars (n/m) (Other Sports) - Highway, Dec 13, 18:35:23
  - *20/20/20 (n/m) (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 13, 10:13:44
    - Go karts round Red Lodge (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Dec 13, 10:16:53
      - Funny Cars at Santa Pod (n/m) (Other Sports) - Augustus Pablo, Dec 13, 10:33:10
        
        Fight in Sumo Fat Suits. Best of three. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Old Man, Dec 13, 11:26:49
- The title of race director has never been more apt (Other Sports) - Ben, Dec 13, 10:13:11
  - There’s no fairness. It’s an unpopular concept these days sadly 😕 (n/m) (Other Sports) - NorskyNormann, Dec 13, 12:09:35
  - I blame Netflix (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Dec 13, 10:14:38
- For me, the main question is what is the role of the race director? (Too many words) (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Dec 13, 10:07:50
  - Vmt (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 13, 10:29:46
- There's no way that Max would have got past Lewis if the lapped cars hadn't un-lapped (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 13, 09:36:59
  - He had two options (Other Sports) - Jim, Dec 13, 10:00:11
    - Yep, agreed. I think Mercedes ought to take it as far as necessary until it is resolved (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 13, 10:07:04
  - The pickle the FIA is in is that (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 13, 09:46:11
    - Yes, but in reality this decision would never have been made at any other time in the race (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Dec 13, 10:10:26
    - Absolutely - based upon Masi's evidence as per the stewards' decision, he seemingly (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 13, 09:57:04
- Wrong if Lewis pitted he would have given up track position (n/m) (Other Sports) - loz, Dec 13, 09:33:36
  - If he had pittted then RB wouldn’t have done (Other Sports) - CWC, Dec 13, 09:40:44
    - I had forgotten about that first lap incident, as you say so many "ifs" (n/m) (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 13, 09:51:28
    - sorry, what I meant was Max pits first then Lewis pits. (n/m) (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 13, 09:49:44
      - He didn't have time, would still have lost track position (n/m) (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 13, 09:51:36
        
        would he have lost track position to Max if they both pitted under safety car? (Other Sports) - Farkeball, Dec 13, 09:54:19
        
        Lewis was ahead. If he had pitted, Max would have stayed out (n/m) (Other Sports) - jamesward, Dec 13, 10:03:32
        
        Having said that, Max's tyres would then have been the old ones (Other Sports) - jamesward, Dec 13, 10:07:14
        
        No team would ever voluntarily give up track position though (Other Sports) - SimonOTBC, Dec 13, 10:18:02
        
        I think he means if Lewis had pitted on the next lap after Max (n/m) (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 13, 10:08:18
        
        Wasn't time was there? (Other Sports) - jamesward, Dec 13, 10:14:54
        
        This is about the full SC at the end I think, Lewis could have pitted on the lap after Max (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 13, 10:17:57
        
        Yes, because after pitting under the SC Max was then able to drive faster than Lewis as (Other Sports) - NxNW, Dec 13, 09:58:18
    - Yea just sporting integrity wise rules are rules … (Other Sports) - loz, Dec 13, 09:42:51

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