Hypothetically, if Russel crashed the car just after he won, would he have evaded disqualification?

[u/some_guy30]

I know there is no cooldown lap at spa, so assume Russel just crashes on the straight. He loses significant amounts of his car. Would he retain the win, as his car wouldn’t be weighed (or if it is weighed, it would obviously be below min weight but for good reason I.e. pieces of car have come off) ?

[u/GeckyGek]

maybe but the cost cap and parts limitations prevent that from being incentivized

[u/harrisoncassidy → u/GeckyGek]

Well 18 points lost for constructors so say it was 1mil of damage then that’s only 55k a point which isn’t too bad

[u/GeckyGek → u/harrisoncassidy]

sure but you risk damaging other stuff that has limits on how often it can be replaced

[u/com487 → u/GeckyGek]

If he did it right he could just break front suspension and still claim that it messed with the weight

[u/GeckyGek → u/com487]

yes, but how would you explain that? they have telemetry so making it look accidental would be very difficult, especially since you aren’t meant to be pushing at all after a race. the penalty for unsafe driving after could well be worse than whatever gains you’d get from being slightly underweight

[u/com487 → u/GeckyGek]

Just say no comment, let the FIA cry, eat the public scorn and take the win

Edit: autocorrect

[u/Blothorn → u/com487]

The stewards don’t need a confession to give a penalty for unsafe driving.

[u/Blothorn → u/com487]

It’s not enough to just claim that it messed with the weight; you need to convince the stewards that it actually did, and that despite the FIA having access to your inventory of spare parts (including measured weights, CAD drawings and other engineering documentation, etc.) it’s impossible to verify that claim.

[u/Let_theLat_in → u/harrisoncassidy]

Do we know if there would’ve been grid penalties for new parts?

[u/therealdilbert → u/Let_theLat_in]

afaik only power unit and gearbox is limited