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/GeckyGek Jul 28 '24

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

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u/harrisoncassidy Jul 28 '24

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

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u/Let_theLat_in Jul 28 '24

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

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u/therealdilbert Jul 28 '24

afaik only power unit and gearbox is limited