Post by Brian W LawrencePost by geoffPost by Michael GoodingSo many in one season. Assuming no conspiracy, and I can't think of
a reason there should be one, do we think pure bad luck, or is
Ricciardo's driving style a factor?
Mike Gooding
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No reason why couldn't be just a case of extreme 'bad luck'. Look at
the mechanical bad luck HAM had last year.
It was 2016 when Rosberg was fiddling with LH's car. He had a brand
new power unit blow up in Malaysia, which fucked his chances of
winning the WDC.
It was his ICE which blew up, but he hadn't received a new one since
Belgium - where he had 3 new ones, the 4th, 5th & 6th of his season.
They were, I believe, installed before FP1, before FP2, and before FP3.
I assume that they were used during those 3 sessions (25 laps, 33 laps,
& 20 laps). It's likely that the 3rd of those was also used for Qually
and the race (4 laps). HAM had 55-place grid penalties, so didn't put
in a competitive lap in Q1.
Whatever ICE failed in Malaysia it doesn't seem like it was 'brand new'.
Of course I'm only going by the published FIA docs.
Hamilton built up a complete set of 'everything' when he collected the
grid penalties. He ran parts and replaced them during practice, knowing
he was going to be starting at the back of the grid. By brand new, I
meant he's run the ICE once, but hadn't raced it. Well, that's how I
remember it.
The FIA changed the rules for the next season to stop teams building a
collection of parts. McHonda were doing it so often, their drivers were
collecting 50+ grid penalties at every race. We were seeing nonsense as
per the articles below.
Post by Brian W Lawrencehttps://www.motorsport.com/f1/news/italian-gp-starting-grid-record-168-grid-penalties-at-monza/640928/
https://www.carthrottle.com/post/jenson-button-just-received-a-record-70place-f1-grid-penalty-in-mexico/
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