Today I watched the replay of Saturday night's F1 race from Melbourne. An interesting race, but not really exciting until the end. That's the problem with F1. But now we get to the biggest problem with this series & one of several reasons it will never be popular in the US.
One of the interesting things going on was the performance of the rookie driver from Mexico Sergio Perez. He only changed tires once, unlike other drivers who had trouble with the tires degrading fairly quickly. Behind him was his teammate Kamui Kobayashi, who undoubtably received sympathy because of the disaster in Japan.
So what happens? After the race both cars get disqualified because the upper rear wing was a bit smaller than required. This has been an ongoing thing in F1, DQing cars for silly minor rules violations. Meanwhile drivers from big teams do much more egregious things & maybe, maybe get a drive thru penalty(Button had one for going completely off the course). But DQ? No points, no nothing. It's overkill.
One of the interesting things going on was the performance of the rookie driver from Mexico Sergio Perez. He only changed tires once, unlike other drivers who had trouble with the tires degrading fairly quickly. Behind him was his teammate Kamui Kobayashi, who undoubtably received sympathy because of the disaster in Japan.
So what happens? After the race both cars get disqualified because the upper rear wing was a bit smaller than required. This has been an ongoing thing in F1, DQing cars for silly minor rules violations. Meanwhile drivers from big teams do much more egregious things & maybe, maybe get a drive thru penalty(Button had one for going completely off the course). But DQ? No points, no nothing. It's overkill.
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