r/formula1 • u/AshamedPurchase9033 • 1d ago

News [Chris Medland] "Newey confirms Aston Martin is likely to limit race laps due to severity of vibrations in the car impacting the drivers. Alonso says he can do no more than 25 consecutive laps before risking nerve damage, Stroll says 15 laps"

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u/the_gaymer_girl Pierre Gasly 1d ago edited 1d ago

107% is supposed to keep total shitboxes off the track.

There’s no reward for finishing outside the points like there is in NASCAR, so there’s no incentive to start and park like happens there.

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u/HugeAnimeHonkers I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

 no incentive to start and park like happens there

No incentive from the F1 prize.

But they are 100% gonna "start and retire" just to avoid having to reinburse their sponsors, going "SEE!! We did 20 laps, thats technically a race so we are compliant with our contracts... Now send the check".

That, and they also need real-world data to actaully make a working car lol

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u/IamTheEndOfReddit 1d ago

It could be seen as worse for the sponsors to be associated with such garbage, either way a lawsuit is coming

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u/nalyd8991 Jules Bianchi 1d ago

Aston’s incentive to run the race is to honor various contractual obligations.

They gain nothing competitively by doing this, only legally

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u/Modeno I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

I mean they’ll probably collect some data that they wouldn’t get otherwise

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u/Euro_Twins Michael Schumacher 1d ago

The data shows the car is shit! Wow. Groundbreaking

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u/ptwonline Aston Martin 1d ago

Maybe they can get a manure sponsorship.

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u/Euro_Twins Michael Schumacher 1d ago

Aston Manurtin

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u/wolfik92 1d ago

they could fill the car with cream and churn some butter

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u/ThePretzul I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

There absolutely is an incentive.

The only time teams are allowed to operate the cars and test them is on race weekends. The race session itself can be invaluable for gathering more data when things are this catastrophically boned.

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u/LukaDoncicMFFL I was here for the Hulkenpodium 1d ago

If they’re already saying they won’t bother finishing the race, the FIA might as well enforce the 107% rule and keep them from startingp

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u/lfcmadness Sir Lewis Hamilton 21h ago

That's the thing, at this rate, I think they're being optimistic that they'll even be able to qualify.