r/F1Technical • u/some_guy30 • Jul 28 '24

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

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) ?

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u/Independent_Lab3872 Jul 28 '24

I feel like this was theorized to have happened in NASCAR once with Jimmy Johnson. I can’t remember what race or if it actually happened, but I think the theory was that he intentionally damaged the car doing donuts to cover the fact that his fenders were flaired out too much.

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u/therealdilbert Jul 28 '24

it has been alleged many times, and one crew chief was caught on camera telling his driver to make sure to damage the back of his car if he won