“The stewards reviewed positioning/marshalling system data, video and determined that the video appeared to show that Car 4 moved before the start signal was given,” their report began.
“However, the FIA approved and supplied transponder fitted on the car did not indicate a jump start.
“Article 48.1 a) of the Formula One Sporting Regulations states clearly that the judgment of whether or not there was a jump start is to be made in accordance with the transponder, which did not show a jump start. In the circumstances, we took no further action
So conflicted. On the one hand good to see them actually sticking to the rules as written, but then: common sense 😵💫
You are forgetting the Carlos Sainz las Vegas incident. Car damaged due to track issues (some cover sucked out), needed to replace several parts, went over limit in spare parts = grid penalty.
Stewards acknowlegd this was not his/Ferrari’s fault and thus had common sense, but the rulebook did not foresee any exceptions for this scenario. So they felt obligated to apply the rulebook.
This is a case where they also literally apply the rules.
So if the transponder is faulty(hypothetically) or just not sensitive enough, does that mean people will get away with false starts¿?
That appears to be the case.
He jumped, clear as day, but the transponder didn’t reflect that so he got no penalty.
You don’t know when it’s faulty, so no.
No as in there won’t be a penalty or no as in there will be a penalty¿?
If it’s faulty, you don’t know that it is. Which means you can’t reliably use that.
And that is what i am trying to highlight through my question. The rule is enforced completely based on the transponder but if its malfunctioning then drivers will not be penalized as the the transponder has not picked up their jump start.
Yes, what’s your point?
That the rule having no flexibility is stupid. It is obvious from the videos that Norris jumped the start but because the rules are based purely on the signals from the transponder, he has escaped punishment.
So instead they should make up a rule on the spot that wasn’t in the rules previously to punish them
Doesn’t answer the question lol
It does. He asked if people will “get away with it”. They won’t. 99.99999% it will work correctly. Nobody is going to test it / risk it.
The question was ‘if it’s faulty will people get away with it’.
You answered ‘you don’t know if it’s faulty’
That is not the answer to the question. The question that answers is ‘can you game the system with a faulty transponder’.
The answer to the question is actually yes. If the transponder is faulty the driver will get away with a jumpstart.