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  • Safety car - why?

    From Sir Tim@21:1/5 to All on Mon Mar 20 07:53:32 2023
    According to Alice Powell on the BBC the spot where Lance Stroll parked his
    car was specifically marked with tape to indicate that it was safe. Why
    then did the stewards bring out the SC? Even a VSC was not really
    necessary. Could it be because they wanted to close up the field to make
    things more exciting?

    Coupled with the cock-up over Alonso’s penalty the FIA are looking pretty incompetent.


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    Sir Tim

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  • From XYXPDQ@21:1/5 to Sir Tim on Mon Mar 20 02:00:14 2023
    On Monday, March 20, 2023 at 12:53:36 AM UTC-7, Sir Tim wrote:
    According to Alice Powell on the BBC the spot where Lance Stroll parked his car was specifically marked with tape to indicate that it was safe. Why
    then did the stewards bring out the SC? Even a VSC was not really
    necessary. Could it be because they wanted to close up the field to make things more exciting?

    Coupled with the cock-up over Alonso’s penalty the FIA are looking pretty incompetent.


    --
    Sir Tim

    Commentators said something about the cars locator indicating it was "on track".

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  • From News@21:1/5 to Phil Carmody on Mon Mar 20 13:07:16 2023
    On 3/20/2023 12:39 PM, Phil Carmody wrote:
    XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:
    On Monday, March 20, 2023 at 12:53:36 AM UTC-7, Sir Tim wrote:
    According to Alice Powell on the BBC the spot where Lance Stroll parked his >>> car was specifically marked with tape to indicate that it was safe. Why
    then did the stewards bring out the SC? Even a VSC was not really
    necessary. Could it be because they wanted to close up the field to make >>> things more exciting?

    Coupled with the cock-up over Alonso’s penalty the FIA are looking pretty >>> incompetent.

    Commentators said something about the cars locator indicating it was
    "on track".

    Not a good enough excuse. That's the "we had our heads up our arses
    and are cherry picking the only bit of data that would support our
    case" excuse. It was known that he was slowing down and would attempt
    to pull off the track for ages, there was all kinds of evidence that
    a visual confirmation of his position would be important. Time for
    the Stroll feed to be pulled up, or the section of track that his dot
    appears to be trundling round, not fucking cute cat videos.

    And even then, if they're unsure, then there's always the VSC. That
    does minimal damage when it's wrong as it can be undone as soon as
    the mistake is realised.

    Absolutely amateurish, it's almost as if they were unprepared for this
    kind of thing needing to be dealt with.

    Phil


    Good for Netflix, though, so...

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  • From Phil Carmody@21:1/5 to XYXPDQ on Mon Mar 20 18:39:17 2023
    XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:
    On Monday, March 20, 2023 at 12:53:36 AM UTC-7, Sir Tim wrote:
    According to Alice Powell on the BBC the spot where Lance Stroll parked his >> car was specifically marked with tape to indicate that it was safe. Why
    then did the stewards bring out the SC? Even a VSC was not really
    necessary. Could it be because they wanted to close up the field to make
    things more exciting?

    Coupled with the cock-up over Alonso’s penalty the FIA are looking pretty >> incompetent.

    Commentators said something about the cars locator indicating it was
    "on track".

    Not a good enough excuse. That's the "we had our heads up our arses
    and are cherry picking the only bit of data that would support our
    case" excuse. It was known that he was slowing down and would attempt
    to pull off the track for ages, there was all kinds of evidence that
    a visual confirmation of his position would be important. Time for
    the Stroll feed to be pulled up, or the section of track that his dot
    appears to be trundling round, not fucking cute cat videos.

    And even then, if they're unsure, then there's always the VSC. That
    does minimal damage when it's wrong as it can be undone as soon as
    the mistake is realised.

    Absolutely amateurish, it's almost as if they were unprepared for this
    kind of thing needing to be dealt with.

    Phil
    --
    We are no longer hunters and nomads. No longer awed and frightened, as we have gained some understanding of the world in which we live. As such, we can cast aside childish remnants from the dawn of our civilization.
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  • From a425couple@21:1/5 to Phil Carmody on Mon Mar 20 15:44:04 2023
    On 3/20/23 09:39, Phil Carmody wrote:
    XYXPDQ <qwrtz123@gmail.com> writes:
    On Monday, March 20, 2023 at 12:53:36 AM UTC-7, Sir Tim wrote:
    According to Alice Powell on the BBC the spot where Lance Stroll parked his >>> car was specifically marked with tape to indicate that it was safe. Why
    then did the stewards bring out the SC? Even a VSC was not really
    necessary. Could it be because they wanted to close up the field to make >>> things more exciting?

    Coupled with the cock-up over Alonso’s penalty the FIA are looking pretty >>> incompetent.

    Commentators said something about the cars locator indicating it was
    "on track".

    Not a good enough excuse. That's the "we had our heads up our arses
    and are cherry picking the only bit of data that would support our
    case" excuse. It was known that he was slowing down and would attempt
    to pull off the track for ages, there was all kinds of evidence that
    a visual confirmation of his position would be important. Time for
    the Stroll feed to be pulled up, or the section of track that his dot
    appears to be trundling round, not fucking cute cat videos.

    And even then, if they're unsure, then there's always the VSC. That
    does minimal damage when it's wrong as it can be undone as soon as
    the mistake is realised.

    Absolutely amateurish, it's almost as if they were unprepared for this
    kind of thing needing to be dealt with.
    Phil

    For what little it is worth,
    I'm agreeing with Sir Tim, XYX, and Phil.
    FIA is not looking good right now.

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  • From Bigbird@21:1/5 to Sir Tim on Thu Mar 23 11:39:41 2023
    Sir Tim wrote:

    According to Alice Powell on the BBC the spot where Lance Stroll
    parked his car was specifically marked with tape to indicate that it
    was safe. Why then did the stewards bring out the SC? Even a VSC was
    not really necessary. Could it be because they wanted to close up the
    field to make things more exciting?

    Coupled with the cock-up over Alonso’s penalty the FIA are looking
    pretty incompetent.

    SNAFU

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