Max Verstappen towards Oscar Piastri, the duel in Jeddah below the magnifying glass: for Carlo Vanzini, the “VAR” is damaging duels in F1. The Saudi Arabian Grand Prix is determined on the first nook: the McLaren driver will get a greater begin, pulls alongside his rival and pushes him to the surface. The Dutchman then decides to chop the chicane with out giving again the place: for the stewards, it’s a penalty.
The post-race in Jeddah was among the many least full of life of the season. The highest three, exhausted from one of many hardest races on the calendar, struggled to smile. Oscar Piastri, who typically remembers the coldness of Kimi Raikkonen, makes a small gesture of pleasure. Max Verstappen, upset by the penalty he obtained, instantly goes to talk with Mohammed Ben Sulayem. Charles Leclerc maybe resigns himself to a barely passable outcome.
The Dutchman, particularly, was in no way proud of the stewards’ determination. A couple of hours later, Christian Horner is able to display, with photographs and screenshots, the innocence of his driver. Another person even argues that “5 seconds are too few.” Nevertheless, the actual level might be one other: may such a strict regulation, utilized like VAR in trendy soccer, harm the fantastic thing about racing?
The “VAR” of F1: Carlo Vanzini and the issue with duels
Carlo Vanzini additionally analyzes the Verstappen-Piastri case in a video shared on his YouTube channel. The Italian voice of F1 compares the stewards’ determination to VAR in soccer: “As soon as, episodes like this or like Abu Dhabi 2024 would have been thought of shared blame. What saddened me is that now, you’ll be able to hardly race anymore.”
“Now all the pieces have to be determined, verified and checked, a bit like since VAR got here into soccer. It’s important to analyze the pure velocity, in the meanwhile… This determination upset me, however not for Max, Oscar or anybody particularly.”
“I reviewed the details body by body: Oscar Piastri will get a greater begin, there isn’t a doubt. Can it’s thought of that he didn’t full the overtake on Verstappen? That is the analysis made by the Federation, though Piastri assaults the nook. Since he didn’t full the overtake, he’s nonetheless thought of to be attacking and, on the apex of the nook, the place of the entrance axle in comparison with the automotive on the surface isn’t taken into consideration.”
“The rule of thumb thought of is that, whoever is on the within, if their entrance axle is not less than on the peak of the mirrors of the defending automotive, can take no matter line they need. This is the reason Verstappen obtained a penalty, as a result of he was defending from Oscar Piastri. To me, logically, it appeared the alternative: that Oscar Piastri was defending from a counterattack by Verstappen.”
“As soon as, drivers sorted it out on observe amongst themselves. We don’t need the Wild West, however we’ve gone too far, a bit like VAR that punishes even the slightest touches. This isn’t my factor, though I’m at all times loopy about System 1. It’s a pity as a result of a precedent is about, and nobody will attempt to overtake on the surface like that anymore.”
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