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Fred Vasseur about the start procedure rules (media.piefed.zip)
submitted 7 months ago by to c/formula1@lemmy.world
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"We already changed massively the rule of the start with the five-second story. IRAA One year ago,Iwent to the FIA. I raised the hand on the starting procedure to say 'guys it will be difficult'. S TBM UniCredit ceVA The reply was clear, that we have to design the car fitting with the regulation and not to change the regulation fitting with the car. We designed the car fitting with the regulation, the change of the five seconds, the blue light story, didn't help us at all, but lthink at one stage enough is enough." - Ferrari team boss Fred Vasseur speaks out against changing F1's race-start procedure further
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[–] 11 points 7 months ago*

The cars now heavily rely on a turbo for starts. They now have several seconds of warning to spin up before lights out. Ferrari engines have a much smaller turbo than the others so they spin up to maximum much faster giving them an advantage off the line at the expense of maximum power.

Changes to start procedure must be unanimously ratified by all the teams, and Ferrari engined teams have rejected changes.

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